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VP of Engineering Shashidhar Thakur s move to Google s commerce wing would make him the third high-ranking executive to leave Google Health in five months.
As
BI noted, Google Health Director of Global Deployment Michael Macdonnell left in September, followed by U.K. lead Dr. Dominic King in October.
A Google representative declined to comment for this story.
WHY IT MATTERS
Google Health has made a number of notable partnerships in recent years, including with the Mayo Clinic with its work on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
According to Business Insider, however, former Google Health employees say the group still grapples with its long-term vision. The outlet also reported that Google Health struggles with cohesion, and with marrying its research vision to product management.
Two high-ranking executives at Google Health have left in the past three months, and another is planning to leave, Business Insider has learned.
Michael Macdonnell, Google Health s director of global deployment, left in September for the UK upstart Sensyne Health; UK lead Dr. Dominic King left in October for Optum; and Shashidhar Thakur, a search expert and vice president of engineering, is due to leave Google Health in January and switch to Google s commerce wing.
Google Health confirmed the departures to Business Insider and said Anurag Agarwal, an engineering vice president who has spearheaded work on clinical tools, would lead the group s engineering efforts moving forward. Macdonnell and King declined to comment. Thakur did not respond to Business Insider s requests for comment.