Chris Taylor, a Google VP and Fellow, has been a driving force in advancing the world of interconnected data. With nearly 20 years at Google, Chris brings a deep understanding of how the company has scaled its systems and innovations. He is one of the original authors of the groundbreaking Spanner paper, contributing to the design and evolution of Google’s globally distributed database.
Over the past few years, Chris has been leading efforts on Spanner Graph, a next-generation graph database built by Google. This cutting-edge platform combines the expressive power of native graph queries with the unmatched reliability and scale of Spanner, enabling a host of transformative applications. Spanner Graph empowers users to supercharge AI applications with knowledge graphs and Graph-based Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). It also enables smarter recommendation engines in retail, advanced fraud detection in financial services, and many other high-value use cases.
Chris’s work reflects his passion for unlocking the potential of interconnected data, helping organizations harness graph query languages to drive impactful solutions in an increasingly data-driven world.