Biographical Summary

Adam Freed - Director of International Product Management
Google, Inc.

Adam Freed has been Google's director of international product management since January 2004. Adam manages the teams principally responsible for localization and the development of Google's international products. Some recent highlights of Google's global products are Gmail in 28 languages and AdWords in 41 languages and 58 currencies.

Prior to taking on responsibilities in product management, Adam was director, international online sales and operations at Google. From 2002 to 2004, he set up Google's online advertising operations in London, Paris, Hamburg, Tokyo and Sydney. He also established Google's multilingual online operations center in Dublin.

Before joining Google, Adam was an Emmy-award winning journalist covering technology and politics at NBC and independent television stations in California and New Jersey. He was also a news producer at NHK, Japan Broadcasting Company.

Adam earned a BA, Magna Cum Laude, in linguistics from Harvard University and a Master's degree from Yale Law School. Adam speaks nine languages.