In his role, Albert partners with Google’s senior leaders to understand business priorities and maintains a pulse on the external ecosystem to determine what acquisitions and strategic investments can help accelerate Google’s businesses. Since joining Google in 2011, Albert has worked on 70+ deals (M&A & strategic investments) with $20B+ deal value, including the acquisitions of Looker, Apigee, Mandiant, Firebase, and Nest.

Prior to joining Google, Albert worked in corporate development at Cisco Systems and Oracle, in private equity at Francisco Partners, and in investment banking at Lehman Brothers. Albert has undergraduate degrees in computer science and business administration from UC Berkeley and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Albert resides in Palo Alto and in his spare time enjoys being a new parent, playing tennis and listening to history and current events podcasts.