Majd Bakar

Majd Bakar is an advisor at Grishin Robotics and a former Google and Microsoft executive. Majd has 11 years of experience at Google, where they served as VP of engineering for Stadia, VP Project Stream, and Director of engineering. Majd also has 8 years of experience at Microsoft, where they served as Director of Product Architecture/Lead Architect, Group Development Manager, Lead Software Development Engineer, and Senior Software Development Engineer. Prior to their work at Google and Microsoft, they were a Senior Software Engineer Lead at WebTV Networks Inc., a Software Analyst/Team Leader at NTT Multimedia Communication Laboratory Inc., a Software Designer/Team Leader at NORTEL Networks/BNR, and a Research Assistant at the Montreal Neurological Institute.

Majd Bakar has a Master of Engineering from McGill University in Biomedical Engineering from 1994-1996. Majd's thesis was titled "An Environment for the Objective Comparison of MRA and DSA Images" and their supervisor was Terrence M. Peters. Majd also has a Bachelor of Engineering from McGill University in Electrical Engineering from 1990-1993 and a Licentiate in Music; Piano performance from 1990-1991.