SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:
EBAY), a global commerce leader, has hired Jan Pedersen as vice president and chief
scientist, Artificial Intelligence (AI). Pedersen will lead the
company's AI strategy, including computer vision, natural language
understanding and machine learning, to deliver new customer
experiences across the eBay platform.
"Jan is a true pioneer in the industry, with over thirty years
developing search, deep learning, machine learning and AI
technologies at scale," said Devin
Wenig, president and CEO of eBay Inc. "He joins us at a
pivotal moment when AI sciences including computer vision and deep
learning are now capable of transforming personalized, immersive
shopping experiences. eBay runs on AI and our continued innovation
under Jan's leadership will transform each meaningful moment we
have with our buyers and sellers."
Pedersen will be responsible for charting eBay's technology
strategy as it relates to AI, including enhanced ways in which eBay
interacts with its consumers. He will set the agenda for AI R&D
investments, lead a team of research, data and applied scientists
and further our leadership in AI-enabled commerce.
Pedersen's most recent position was vice president of data
science at Twitter where he led the company's investment in machine
learning infrastructure and data analytics. Prior to that, he spent
close to a decade at Microsoft in various search related leadership
roles and was a technical fellow and chief scientist for Core
Search.
His distinguished career began at Xerox's Palo Alto Research
Center (PARC) and he has held chief scientist roles at AltaVista,
Yahoo, and A9. Credited with numerous patents, Pedersen holds a
Ph.D. in statistics from Stanford University.
Pedersen will be based out of eBay Inc.'s San Jose, CA headquarters and will report to
Steve Fisher, CTO of eBay Inc.
He officially joins the company on February
20.
About eBay
eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) is a global commerce leader including
the Marketplace, StubHub and Classifieds platforms. Collectively,
we connect millions of buyers and sellers around the world,
empowering people and creating opportunity through Connected
Commerce. Founded in 1995 in San Jose,
Calif., eBay is one of the world's largest and most vibrant
marketplaces for discovering great value and unique selection. In
2017, eBay enabled $88 billion of
gross merchandise volume. For more information about the company
and its global portfolio of online brands, visit
www.ebayinc.com.
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