# Chris Conover > Product Manager, Music at YouTube Location: San Francisco, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/chrisconover ## Work Experience ### Senior Product Manager @ YouTube Jan 2021 – Present ### Board Of Directors @ Goodhertz Jan 2016 – Present Goodhertz is a Californian audio software company that currently makes audio plugins for Windows & Mac. The company licenses audio algorithms for embedding on Windows, Mac & iOS platforms. ### Product Manager @ Google Jan 2017 – Jan 2021 Google Home team ### Product Manager and Design Lead, Area 120 @ Google Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 • Founded project selected into the inaugural class of Area 120 (Google's internal incubator). Head of product management and design. "Area 120 gives a select group of Googlers the opportunity to spend 100 percent of their time on 20 percent projects. Teams are given the money, space, and autonomy to pursue their ideas… We attempt to re-create the Darwinian world of start-ups by establishing aggressive milestones and timelines. For example, of the inaugural class of fourteen teams that started at Area 120 in September 2016 (selected from more than three hundred applicants), we expect half to fail within six months." — Larry Page, How Google Works ### UX Engineer, Material Design @ Google Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 • Built a product called Gallery to enable designers to share and collaborate with their teams. Previously, I built two internal products that inspired Gallery and are used by all Googlers. • Led analysis of competitive landscape and participated in the broader design tool industry conversation to influence our vision and roadmap. ### Web Developer / Designer, Sales Products @ Google Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 • Built CRM and workflow products to enable sales to execute their strategy ($XXB). • Responsible for vision, prioritization of features, designs, and code to meet tight deadlines. ### Associate, Digital Content and Commerce @ Google Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 • Redesigned, coded, and launched support.google.com landing page leading to a ~40% increase in the discoverability of the "All products" section (XXM pageviews/month). Developed systematic approach to personalize content across 42 locales. • Managed help infrastructure launches across 15+ products (e.g. Android, Chrome, Google Play…) and wrote product requirement docs in support of a cross-Google help center platform rewrite (XXB pageviews/month). ### Digital Media Commons Audio Staff @ University of Michigan Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 • Produced, recorded, and mixed projects for university corporate affiliates, faculty, staff, and student projects including voice over sessions used for the ETS TOEFL English Language comprehension exams. • Designed Audio Studios to be simple enough for beginners (taught a 3 week course to anyone in the University Community who wanted to learn), but flexible enough for the pros. ### Media Production Lead @ University of Michigan Solar Car Team Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Organized and executed 3 camera shoot documenting the University of Michigan Solar Car Team in their three-week race across the Australian Outback. ### Post Production Audio Intern @ Crawford Communications Jan 2008 – Jan 2008 Recorded voice overs, ADR, sound design, editing, and mixing films, television, and commercials for national brands. I even got to be in a few sessions with Kermit the Frog :) ## Education ### B.F.A. in Performing Arts Technology University of Michigan ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chris-conover-xyz --- Source: https://flows.cv/chrisconover JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/chrisconover/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13