Samuel R. Bright has been Vice President and General Manager of Google Play at Google Prior to Google, Bright served as Chief Product and Experience Officer at Upwork, where he leads a 900-person team across product management, design, user experience and research, talent success, customer experience, community, payments, trust & safety, and business development.
As an executive with nearly two decades of experience scaling technology teams, businesses and transformational customer experiences, Bright’s career reflects a track record of growing multi-billion dollar P&Ls, executing complex domestic and global transactions, and leading teams through inflection points.
Prior to Upwork, Bright was VP and GM of verticals at eBay and had P&L responsibility for the company’s North America vertical business units.
Bright served on the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum Advisory Council.
Bright holds an MBA from Harvard University and a B.A. degree in management from Taylor University.
