Michael Marano
Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Google
LinkedIn profileSeniority
18 Years
Hierarchy
C-Suite
Management Experience
I'm Michael Marano and am currenlty Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Google working with large and complex companies on cloud adoption. Prior to Google, I was VP of Engineering at Kabam. I've managed engineers for about 10 years, done consulting, run distributed teams, built products and teams from scratch, run engineering, product, and operations. Building great products is a social endeavor.
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August 13, 2020
4:00 PM (GMT)
Stories
Michael Marano is the technical director in the office of the CTO at Google. He offers two alternatives to the inevitable absence of thorough feedback that comes as a manger begins to relinquish control over the day to day responsibilities of teams.
Michael Marano
Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Google
Michael Marano describes the importance of processes and practices so that they are advantageous for the individual and the company.
Michael Marano
Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Google
Michael Marano stresses the importance of collaboration and partnership during change management processes.
Michael Marano
Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Google
Michael had to enforce a technical decision when only half of his engineers were convinced.
Michael Marano
Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Google
Michael relates how one of his best engineers progressively lost passion for his company and their product, and the negative effect the engineer had on his team.
Michael Marano
Technical Director, Office of the CTO at Google
Experience
VP of Engineering
Kabam
Jan 2012 - Jun 2017
Senior Software Developer
M23, LLC
Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
Software Developer
2RAD Technologies, Inc.
Jan 1999 - May 2001
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