Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Biomed Engineering grad Chikai Ohazama (left) was instrumental in launching what is now Google Earth. Now, according to Vanderbilt Engineer magazine, he is a Google director of product management, leading the revenue- generating efforts for Google Maps and Earth, and managing the global high-resolution imagery database and the systems that organize Google's global geographic information. Ohazama joined Google after the company bought a startup venture Keyhole Inc., which Ohazama apparently co-founded and served as operations director. Here, in a USPTO document, he is listed first among investors of a Google Earth server data file. He earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at Duke University. In 2006, Ohazama blogged about his long association with the Earth product.
Monday, October 05, 2009
VU grad led Google Earth
Vanderbilt University School of Engineering Biomed Engineering grad Chikai Ohazama (left) was instrumental in launching what is now Google Earth. Now, according to Vanderbilt Engineer magazine, he is a Google director of product management, leading the revenue- generating efforts for Google Maps and Earth, and managing the global high-resolution imagery database and the systems that organize Google's global geographic information. Ohazama joined Google after the company bought a startup venture Keyhole Inc., which Ohazama apparently co-founded and served as operations director. Here, in a USPTO document, he is listed first among investors of a Google Earth server data file. He earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering at Duke University. In 2006, Ohazama blogged about his long association with the Earth product.
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