hi, i'm stella.

i work at Google, thinking about technology and society

I am currently building across software & hardware as a PM at Google where I lead the chromeOS Consumer portfolio and work with the Applied Research team for Google's core Platforms & Devices. I launched Chromebook Plus and am now working on the future of this ecosystem.
My work in technology has focused on innovation that democratizes access to opportunity. I've built loved experiences from 0-1 and at-scale across apps, marketplaces, hardware and operating systems at Google and LinkedIn. I am now interested in shaping beneficial, benevolent and beloved AI through work at the application and model layer.
I've spent most of my career and academic efforts focused on innovation and governance suited to our era: one in which increasing globalization and the highest rate of migration in human history is coupled with new technologies that tug at our individual and social fabric. Will we fortify or fray?

my approach is multidisciplinary, informed by my time at Yale and D.E. Shaw

I like to locate my thinking between systems and individual structures so that short term bets cohere with long term objectives. I believe strongly in multidisciplinarianism.
At Yale I researched extremism and theories of self and State through dual B.A. in comparative literature and global affairs, with an emphasis on international security.
Prior to Google, I was a rotational associate at D.E. Shaw where I focused on systemic risk, macro investing, and online CS coursework with MIT.

i grew up in montana and speak multiple languages

I grew up in Missoula, Montana, which shaped my perspective on community and connection to place.
I speak Arabic, Spanish, French, and some Japanese.

this website is an experiment in digital expression

This website intends to be a playground of visual work, writing, and emergent shared experiences. It is discovery based, encouraging exploration, while hopefully still comfortable to saunter around.

@stellashimonaka

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