Joshua Appelman
Head Of Product Operations & Strategy Google Apps Ads & Conversions
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolJoshua Appelman is a seasoned technical product leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling adtech and video product businesses at Google, currently heading Product Operations & Strategy for Google Apps Ads & Conversions. He combines deep engineering roots (Java, Python, C#, frontend frameworks) with strategic P&L and operations leadership, overseeing a 10–15 person team driving multi‑billion dollar ARR growth while cutting costs. His background spans supply‑side video/CTV, professional services across Northern Europe, and hands‑on engineering and interim CTO roles for major clients, giving him rare fluency across product, integration, and delivery. Based in New York, he’s known for translating complex technical integrations into scalable commercial outcomes and for fostering cross‑border partnerships and developer communities through nonprofit board work.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of AmsterdamVWO / Pre-University, Gymnasium, VWO / Pre-University, Gymnasium at Barlaeus Gymnasium
Dutch, English, German, French, Latin, Greek
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
jbnicolai/ansi-256-colors
May 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:3 PRs, 6 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 10 months
rainbowsansicolor-codesterminal
jbnicolai/config
Jul 2013 - Apr 2014
Contributions:53 commits, 12 pushes in 9 months
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