Rick Osterloh is an American executive and the Senior Vice President of Devices & Services at Google. He manages the business units responsible for developing Pixel, Google Nest, and Fitbit devices.[1][2] Osterloh's professional journey includes roles such as the President of Motorola Mobility and Vice President of Product and Design at Skype.[3] Furthermore, he serves on the Board of Directors of First Republic Bank.[4]
Education
Rick Osterloh earned bachelor's and master's degrees in industrial engineering and completed an MBA at Stanford University.[5]
Career
His career commenced at Amazon.com as a product manager, following which he contributed to product development and strategy at Good Technology, a mobile security company.[6] Osterloh later transitioned to Skype and led the software and hardware product development.[5] In 2012, he joined Motorola Mobility and held various positions, culminating in his role as President, overseeing the design, engineering, and marketing of smartphones, tablets, and wearables.[7] His return to Google in 2016 marked the establishment of a new hardware division unifying various projects, including Chromebook, Chromecast, Google Home, and Google Pixel.[8] He supervised the acquisition of HTC's smartphone design team in 2017,[9] and the acquisition of Fitbit in 2020.[10] In 2024, Rick Osterloh was put in charge of Google's new Platforms and Devices team.[11] The team is in charge of ensuring continuity between Pixel, Nest, Android, and Chrome.
