Shashi Seth

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Chief Revenue Officer
Cooliris, Inc.
www.cooliris.com

Shashi Seth was the Head of Monetization at YouTube. His team was responsible for building advertising products, exploring all monetization opportunities, and defining business models that would make YouTube the next large revenue source for Google. Previously Shashi was the Product Lead for Web Search at Google. His team the entire search results page, and ventured into Social Search and Search Personalization. Shashi himself launched Google Custom Search Engine, and Google Notebook. At eBay he was responsible for building out their APIs & Platform, and turning it into one of the most successful developer programs of all times. Today roughly 40% of eBay's volume flows through these APIs. He has also worked for the Gap, where he launched their online stores including gap.com, bananarepublic.com, and oldnavy.com. In between Shashi co-founded two startups — one focused on e-commerce consulting, and the other a mobile platform company. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics & Statistics and a Masters Degree in Computer Science.

Shashi started his career at NASA Langley Research Center, where he built flight simulators and futuristic avionics equipment. While there he initiated and managed the worlds first inflight cockpit weather display program. He holds over 2 dozen patents, and stays involved with the startup community by sitting on the board of advisers of several companies, and advising VC's on investment opportunities.