Marcus Mitchell

Marcus Mitchell is an Engineering Director in Google’s New York engineering center in Manhattan. He works in the GeoCommerce product area focusing on payments products for buyers and sellers on the web, particularly Google Wallet, and the global payments platform that underpins all of Google’s consumer commerce efforts. In addition Marcus works with Google.org projects in NY such as the Crisis Response team and acts as an advisor for Google’s initiatives to increase diversity in Computer Science and Engineering. Previously at Google Marcus has worked on personalization, search history, and infrastructure, and he was part of the team that launched Google Checkout, one of Google’s first non-advertising Commerce initiatives. Before joining Google, Marcus worked at BEA Systems and Plumtree Software (acquired by BEA in 2005). At Plumtree Marcus was a Vice President of Engineering where he led development for search, collaboration, content publishing, and business process management software for enterprises. Earlier in his career Marcus led software development at a search engine startup (Ripfire, acquired by Plumtree 2001) and at a special effects company (Digital Domain) focusing on big budget films and commercials. Marcus holds a Ph.D. from Caltech in Computation and Neural Systems and a Bachelor’s degree from Harvard University in Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering.