Wed Sep 17 2025

Shir Meir Lador, is a longtime AI leader whose career spans startups in Tel Aviv, leadership at Intuit, and now Google, where she heads efforts to amplify AI on Google Cloud. Shir shares her journey from machine learning researcher to global AI leader, reflecting on pivotal career moves, including relocating to the U.S. with her family and embracing new leadership opportunities. Shir offers candid insights on taking career risks, navigating imposter syndrome, and finding balance as a mother of three while advancing in AI leadership. She discusses her impactful work as a WiDS ambassador in Tel Aviv, where she built a thriving women-led technical community that inspired more female speakers in data science conferences worldwide.