Georges Harik

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Georges Harik was the director of Googlettes (startups within Google). He was born in Lebanon. He is from a town named Bteghrine.

Before he joined Google in its early days he obtained a PhD from the University of Michigan in which he presented a linkage-learning genetic algorithm. He did most of his Ph.D. research at the Illinois genetic algorithms laboratory and his advisors were Keiki B. Irani and David E. Goldberg.

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Georges Harik was Director of Googlettes and a Distinguished Engineer at Google. As Director of Googlettes, his team was responsible for the product management and strategy efforts surrounding many starting Google initiatives including Gmail, Google Talk, Google Video, Picasa, Orkut, Google Groups and Google Mobile.

As a Distinguished Engineer, Georges was the co-developer of the technology behind AdSense, the first engineering manager of the Google Search Appliance, and the co-author of the original product plan for the AdWords Online system. Georges has contributed to numerous patents covering Google's search engine and advertising networks.