Dessie Sadrzadeh
InvestorAngel at FirsthandVC
Menlo Park, California
Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K
About
Dessie Sadrzadeh is a Senior Director of Engineering at Google, leading the YouTube MainApp and Platform organization. With prior experience at Salesforce and Yahoo, Sadrzadeh has held roles spanning product strategy, platform development, and engineering leadership.
Experience
- GoogleSenior Director, Engineering YouTube MainApp and Platformcurrent2025 — present
- GoogleSenior Director, Product and Engineering, Google Experience Platformcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco
- Firsthand AllianceAngel Partnercurrent2021 — present
- WiESilicon Valley WiE Advisory Board Membercurrent2017 — present
- salesforce.comVP, Engineering - Lightning Platform Foundation2015 — 2018San Francisco, CA
- salesforce.comSr. Director, Engineering - UI Platform and Mobile2011 — 2015San Francisco, CA
- Yahoo IncEngineering Leader, Y! Homepage and Media Mobile2005 — 2011
- Gap IncEngineering Leader - Gapinc.com2004 — 2005
- Finaplex IncPrincipal Software Engineer2002 — 2004
- Providian FinancialLead Software Engineer1998 — 2002
Education
- Technical University of SofiaMasters of Science
- Technical University of SofiaMasters, Mechanical Engineering1991 — 1997
- Santa Clara UniversityIT Program Management Certificate
Skills & more
Selenium9Perl4Java12Unix8SaaS8Enterprise Software5Agile Methodologies74Test Automation29Scrum47Software Quality Assurance14Quality Assurance19Product Management15
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Cloud ComputingTest PlanningTestingSDLCIntegrationWeb ApplicationsMobile DevicesSoftware DevelopmentMobile ApplicationsScalabilitySoftware EngineeringLanguages Bulgarian · Russian
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