Salvatore Scellato

Salvatore is Director of Software Engineering at Google DeepMind, where he leads teams engaged in the design and management of large-scale computing infrastructure to support the company’s most advanced artificial intelligence models. His work combines operational leadership, system reliability, and rapid delivery in highly complex environments.

He obtained a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Catania and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. His career began at Google in London and has evolved into positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in a management role at Google DeepMind.

In his career, he has gained strong experience in people leadership and scaling tech organizations, with particular focus on performance, reliability, and cross-functional collaboration. He frequently shares professional insights on how to adopt AI tools in the daily work of engineers and tech teams.

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