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Eli Collins

Eli Collins is VP of Product at Google DeepMind, the lab that released Gemini, a multimodal AI model, in December 2023. The Gemini technical report lists him as lead of product. By 2012 he had worked on the ESX Hypervisor at VMware, and he held bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from New York University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At Cloudera he led the Platform team, sat on the Apache Hadoop project management committee, and was the company's chief technologist in 2015. He returned to Accel as its Technologist-in-Residence in October 2018.

Timeline

  1. By 2012

    Early work at VMware

    By 2012 he has worked on the ESX Hypervisor at VMware. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from New York University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

  2. 2012

    Cloudera Platform team lead

    In 2012 he leads Cloudera's Platform team and sits on the Apache Hadoop project management committee.

  3. 2015

    Chief technologist at Cloudera

    In 2015 he is Cloudera's chief technologist, and a Software Engineering Daily podcast episode features him.

  4. October 2018

    Technologist-in-Residence at Accel

    In October 2018 he returns to Accel as its Technologist-in-Residence, a newly formed role.

  5. December 2023

    Product lead for Gemini

    In December 2023 Google DeepMind releases Gemini, a multimodal AI model, and the technical report lists him as lead of product.

  6. Since 2023

    VP of product at Google DeepMind

    He is VP of Product at Google DeepMind.

Sources and credits

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  1. Eli Collins on Hadoop - InfoQ infoq.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  2. Cloudera Chief Technologist Eli Collins Discusses Streaming, Batch, Business, and Open-Source - Software Engineering Daily softwareengineeringdaily.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  3. Accel | Welcome, Eli Collins, Accel’s Technologist-in-Residence accel.com. Checked 15 October 2026.
  4. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Deepmind founder Demis Hassabis talk about ``digital agents'', ``search engines'', ``integration with Chrome'', etc., with a focus on multimodal AI ``Gemini'' - GIGAZINE gigazine.net. Checked 15 October 2026.
  5. Gemini: A Family of Highly Capable Multimodal Models arxiv.org. Checked 15 October 2026.
  6. Google DeepMind's Eli Collins To Headline IMPACT: The Data Observability Summit On November 8 montecarlo.ai. Checked 15 October 2026.
  7. PYMNTS | Google Sees Gemini AI Tool as a ‘Helpful Collaborator’ pymnts.com. Checked 15 October 2026.