Gene Gershanok
Director at Google
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGene Gershanok is a seasoned technology leader with nine years of senior engineering and product leadership experience, currently directing Real-Time communication initiatives at Google from New York. He built and scaled low-latency video conferencing platforms at Vidyo—launching Vidyo.io, an eCommerce offering for smaller enterprises, and leading development of cross-platform client SDKs and MediaBridge transcoding services. Gene combines deep codec, SIP/RTC and systems expertise with hands-on engineering: he personally architected core client libraries, prototypes and web-scale backend components while managing distributed onshore/offshore teams. Known for turning customer feedback into product roadmaps, he instituted CI-driven release processes and automated testing to increase delivery velocity. His background spans core media systems work at Vonage through leadership roles at Vidyo, blending systems-level technical depth with strategic product judgment.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors EE & CE Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bachelors EE & CE Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University
Github Skills (11)
viewer6
chat-application5
google-app-engine5
sdk5
debug4
video-chat4
chat3
kotlin3
android3
log-viewer3
google2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Vidyo/log-viewer
Mar 2017 - Jun 2017
Log viewer help to debug Vidyo.io native SDK's
Contributions:6 commits, 1 PR, 24 pushes in 3 months
log-viewersdkviewerdebugnative-sdk
Vidyo/vidyo.io-gae-simple-room
Jan 2017 - May 2018
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
google-apptokensapp-enginegoogleroom
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