Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.

Every person I talk to has a story about how their smoke alarm went off or woke them up with a battery beeping. So you take it off the wall and you take the battery out and say screw this. They hate the products.

Even if you have constrained resources, don't cut corners. People will feel it.

It's easy to solve a problem that everyone sees, but it's hard to solve a problem that almost no one sees.

When I encounter a problem - something that's not quite right with a product - I enjoy breaking it down in my mind and exploring possible alternative solutions: Why this? Why not that? I apply the latest in technology and design to reinvent that product and solve my frustrations.

Google has the business resources, global scale and platform reach to accelerate Nest growth across hardware, software and services for the home globally.

I started designing the greenest the most connected home before the iPhone and the iPad.