James Bankoski
Vice President Of Engineering - Chrome at Google
Los Gatos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Bankoski is a veteran engineering executive with three decades of experience building and scaling global teams and foundational web technologies, currently serving as VP of Engineering for Chrome. He has led organizations of 1,152+ engineers, driven company-wide AI integration including on-device Gemini-powered features, and championed platform advances like WebGPU and WebAssembly that enable web-native high-performance apps. As a Distinguished Engineer he architected and shipped royalty-free codecs (AV1, VP9, WebP) and co-founded the Alliance for Open Media, influencing media delivery for YouTube, Netflix and others. Known for steering large reorganizations while preserving morale, he blends deep systems and open-source expertise with strategic P&L and roadmap ownership. An early CTO who led On2 to a strategic Google acquisition, he combines startup grit with proven enterprise leadership and a track record of turning standards work into industry-wide adoption.
15 years of coding experience
34 years of employment as a software developer
John Jay High SchoolBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Binghamton UniversityMS, Computer Science, MS, Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (16)
decoding8
analyzer8
encoding8
webcodecs8
audio7
api7
vp96
webrtc5
bitstream5
placement2
chromium1
python1
chrome1
chrome-extension1
collaboration1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
webmproject/udpsample
Oct 2010 - Dec 2020
Contributions:11 commits in 10 years 4 months
jimbankoski/aomanalyzer
Apr 2018 - Oct 2018
AV1 / VP9 Bitstream Analyzer
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
bitstreamanalyzerav1vp9
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