Shahram Izadi
VP & GM, XR
Shahram Izadi is the General Manager and Vice President of XR at Google. He leads Google's Android XR efforts, overseeing the strategy, development, and execution of products and the underlying platform. His responsibilities encompass business, operations, product vision, design, and all engineering disciplines (SW/HW/AI) across various XR devices, including glasses, headsets, and phones. He also cultivates crucial partnerships with industry leaders like Samsung and Qualcomm.
Izadi's career demonstrates a consistent drive for innovation in human-computer interaction and augmented reality. Prior to his role at Google, he co-founded and served as CTO of perceptiveIO, Inc., a Bay Area startup specializing in 3D depth sensing and perception. Google acquired perceptiveIO in July 2017.Before that, he spent over a decade at Microsoft in Redmond, where he held the position of Partner R&D Director from May 2005 to May 2016.
