Summary
Sadegh Riazi is a Group Product Manager at Google Cloud with 11 years of experience bridging cutting-edge research, product strategy, and entrepreneurship in privacy-preserving AI and secure computation. He holds a PhD from UC San Diego with award-winning research and multiple highly cited papers on multi-party computation, hardware-software co-design, and homomorphic encryption. As founder and CEO of Pyte (acquired by Open Hands AI), he raised $13M and built a team that advanced practical ML over encrypted data, despite not reaching product-market fit. His earlier work at Microsoft (Project HEAX) demonstrated orders-of-magnitude acceleration for homomorphic encryption, showing a rare ability to translate deep systems research into deployable infrastructure. Comfortable switching between executive, technical, and academic roles, he couples product instincts with a proven track record of recruiting top technical talent (including ICPC medalists) to tackle privacy-first ML. Based in San Diego, he blends VC-backed startup experience, enterprise product leadership, and rigorous academic credentials to drive secure AI at scale.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering
Master of Science (MSc), Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University
Technology Management and Entrepreneurism, Technology Management and Entrepreneurism at University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management
Persian, English