Anuj Tewari

Research Manager, Google Search

I am a computer scientist by training, with a cross disciplinary background in Human Computer Interaction, Natural Language Processing and Education. I am experienced in building product research teams that use qualitative and quantitative data to generate actionable insights and influence product direction. Thanks for visiting my homepage!


Experience

Research Manager

Google Search

I currently support a team of researchers and managers at Google. Collectively we try to make Google Search better through quant and qual data.

Jun 2022 - Present

Research Manager

Facebook

I supported various teams on Facebook Messenger, including Messenger Business, Trust/Privacy and Messenger Kids.

Nov 2018 - Jun 2022

Director, User Research and Analytics

Salesforce

I managed the research team for Sales Cloud, which is the CRM product at Salesforce and includes Pardot, a B2B marketing product.

Nov 2017 - Nov 2018

Researcher & Research Manager

Uber

I was the founding member and later the manager for the data research team at Uber. The team focused on building analytics, visualization, real-time monitoring and machine learning products for Uber employees. In addition I kickstarted a research team that focused on self-driving cars.

July 2015 - Nov 2017

Researcher & Lead Engineer

General Electric

I was a Collaboration and UX Researcher in the Connected Experience Lab at GE Research in San Ramon. I was part of a team that designed, built and evaluated systems for GE's businesses including (but not restricted to) energy, healthcare and transportation. During this time I also acted as the front-end engineering lead for SmartOutage app. The app is still used by thousands of field engineers to do job scheduling, document management and networking (via a newsfeed).

July 2013 - July 2015

Education

University of California Berkeley

Doctor of Philosophy
Computer Science
August 2008 - May 2013

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

Bachelor of Technology
Information and Communication Technology
August 2004 - May 2008

Personal

Apart from being a research leader, I also enjoy hiking, photography, reading and Xbox games.

Outside of work, most often I can be found hanging out with my wife Devanshi, my son Parth and my dog Milo.

My brother Ambuj Tewari is a Professor in Statistics at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.


Awards & Memberships

  • Sigma Xi Member (Since 2014)
  • ACM SIGCHI Member (Since 2010)
  • Samuel Silver Memorial Award
  • Big Ideas@Berkeley Winner
  • Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Finalist
  • ACM CHI Best Paper Honorable Mention Winner