Riccardo Patana
Collective, Trustless, Sovereign AI @ Pluralis | ex-Anthropic, ex-Gemini
ex-Anthropic
ex-GoogleBuilding Protocol Learning: frontier AI that is collectively built, trustlessly owned, and sovereign by design.
GTM Index
- PLURALIS RESEARCHJOB
- Head of Strategy, Product…7M
Head of Strategy, Product and GTM
Pluralis Research
Make Protocol Learning the TCP/IP of Intelligence — by converting breakthrough research at the intersection of AI, cryptography and blockchain into infrastructure communities will build on, products institutions will buy, and sovereignty that governments will trust
- PROGRAMMA LABSJOB
- Angel Investor2M
Angel Investor
Programma Labs
- IMPACT AIJOB
- Angel Investor2Y 5M
Angel Investor
Impact AI
- ANTHROPICJOB
- Member of Technical Staff:…11M
Member of Technical Staff: Agentic Safety
Anthropic
AI Agents Safety and Security Lead - Drove Claude Opus 4.5/4.6 to SoTA prompt injection robustness as agentic safety lead — spearheading a cross-functional team spanning Research FT, ML Eng, Security, Red Team, Threat Intel, Policy, and Enforcement. Opus 4.5/4.6 emerged as the most robust of 13 frontier models on the Indirect Prompt Injection Arena; results featured in the launch blog and system card. - Designed, Built and shipped a layered defense-in-depth stack for agentic models and products - Scaled the evaluation and red-teaming infra and process from static to adaptive - Convened the first cross-industry indirect prompt injection benchmark — Meta, Amazon, Gray Swan, UK AISI, US CAISI…
- GOOGLEJOB
- Product Lead (GPM), AI Saf…3Y
Product Lead (GPM), AI Safety & Security, Google Research and DeepMind
Google
- Spearhead applied research program to users safety across Google, safeguarding several products with 1B+ D.A.U. - Advanced the safety of Gemini throughout its lifecycle (i.e. pre-training , post-training and inference). - Shipped step change AI first products to outpace abusers and fraudsters across all Google surfaces. - Founded and led of the applied AI research team to Trust and Safety, involving the coordination of +100 scientists , engineers and analysts across several functions and product areas. - Ranked among the top 3% talent across Google AI and awarded 5 Tech Impact Awards
- Senior Product Mgr, Cloud…10M
Senior Product Manager, Cloud AI & Industry Solutions, Google Cloud
Google
- Lead AI & ML Sales and GTM…2Y 4M
Lead AI & ML Sales and GTM Engineer, Google Cloud
Google
- Successfully led the AI strategy and its execution across several large Cloud accounts. - Drove pipeline generation of USD $ XX M in annual contract values. - Led the technical sales process for one of the first Contact Centre AI deals in the world, securing a $ XXM contract. - Identified and enabled specialized channel partners to drive pipeline and revenues. - Led the production of a MLOps demo artefact enabling the global sales engineering community with a more effective GTM motion. - Presenter at Google Cloud "Next”, one of the biggest and most important conference in the industry.
- Senior Customer Eng, Googl…5M
Senior Customer Engineer, Google Cloud
Google
Guiding the businesses transformation of AuNZ enterprises with Google Cloud
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESSSCHOOL
- Certificate of Business Ex…1Y 7M
Certificate of Business Excellence, Executive Education
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
- RMIT ONLINEJOB
- Postgraduate Course Lectur…3M
Postgraduate Course Lecturer and Facilitator
RMIT Online
Lecturer and facilitator of RMIT university postgraduate course "Shaping Organisations with AI"
- DOMAIN.COM.AUJOB
- Head of AI and ML Products…6M
Head of AI and ML Products, Tech Director
domain.com.au
- Shaped and led the AI & ML strategy to improve the experience of consumer products. - Drove its execution by significantly improving the recommender systems across multiple product lines, introducing computer vision based features, and designed and delivered end-to-end MLOps platform to scale the operation. - Drove 25% increase in click through rate (CTR) with the launch of new recommender systems. - Recruited 10-members team of ML, data, software, and cloud engineers, data scientists and product managers to ship AI products to 4.5M monthly active users.
- CAPGEMINIJOB
- Dir AI & ML Consulting Pra…8M
Director AI & ML Consulting Practice
Capgemini
- Developed Capgemini's AI & ML practice and service offering from scratch, by developing product prototypes and producing thought leadership. - Led the design and delivery of AI solutions for our customers, being accountable for business outcomes. - Drove generation of $XM in revenue, exceeding target goal. - Built and led a cross-functional team of more than 15 architects, data scientists, engineers, product managers and user experience designers.
- SCIENTJOB
- Head of AI, ML, and Data E…6M
Head of AI, ML, and Data Eng Consulting Services
Scient
• Bootstrapped the AI, ML & Data Eng consulting practice from scratch. • Created a global network of AI SMEs, senior executives, global technology company partnerships, and start-ups resulting in $XXM of net new revenue. • Built a team of 15 high-performing consultants, including hiring, training, coaching and mentoring responsibilities.
- Senior Mgr: Business Desig…1Y 5M
Senior Manager: Business Design Services
Scient
- SAPIENTNITROJOB
- Senior Mgr, eCommerce Cons…3Y 4M
Senior Manager, eCommerce Consulting
SapientNitro
- Job: Pluralis Research — Head of Strategy, Product and GTM · 2026-03 – present · 5 mo — Make Protocol Learning the TCP/IP of Intelligence — by converting breakthrough research at the intersection of AI, cryptography and blockchain into infrastructure communities will build on, products institutions will buy, and sovereignty that governments will trust
- Job: Programma Labs — Angel Investor · 2026-08 – present · 0 mo
- Job: Anthropic — Member of Technical Staff: Agentic Safety · 2025-04 – 2026-03 · 11 mo — AI Agents Safety and Security Lead - Drove Claude Opus 4.5/4.6 to SoTA prompt injection robustness as agentic safety lead — spearheading a cross-functional team spanning Research FT, ML Eng, Security, Red Team, Threat Intel, Policy, and Enforcement. Opus 4.5/4.6 emerged as the most robust of 13 frontier models on the Indirect Prompt Injection Arena; results featured in the launch blog and system card. - Designed, Built and shipped a layered defense-in-depth stack for agentic models and products - Scaled the evaluation and red-teaming infra and process from static to adaptive - Convened the first cross-industry indirect prompt injection benchmark — Meta, Amazon, Gray Swan, UK AISI, US CAISI…
- Job: Google — Product Lead (GPM), AI Safety & Security, Google Research and DeepMind · 2022-05 – 2025-05 · 3y — - Spearhead applied research program to users safety across Google, safeguarding several products with 1B+ D.A.U. - Advanced the safety of Gemini throughout its lifecycle (i.e. pre-training , post-training and inference). - Shipped step change AI first products to outpace abusers and fraudsters across all Google surfaces. - Founded and led of the applied AI research team to Trust and Safety, involving the coordination of +100 scientists , engineers and analysts across several functions and product areas. - Ranked among the top 3% talent across Google AI and awarded 5 Tech Impact Awards
- Job: Google — Lead AI & ML Sales and GTM Engineer, Google Cloud · 2020-01 – 2022-05 · 2y 4mo — - Successfully led the AI strategy and its execution across several large Cloud accounts. - Drove pipeline generation of USD $ XX M in annual contract values. - Led the technical sales process for one of the first Contact Centre AI deals in the world, securing a $ XXM contract. - Identified and enabled specialized channel partners to drive pipeline and revenues. - Led the production of a MLOps demo artefact enabling the global sales engineering community with a more effective GTM motion. - Presenter at Google Cloud "Next”, one of the biggest and most important conference in the industry.
- Job: Google — Senior Customer Engineer, Google Cloud · 2019-08 – 2020-01 · 5 mo — Guiding the businesses transformation of AuNZ enterprises with Google Cloud
- Job: RMIT Online — Postgraduate Course Lecturer and Facilitator · 2020-12 – 2021-03 · 3 mo — Lecturer and facilitator of RMIT university postgraduate course "Shaping Organisations with AI"
- Job: domain.com.au — Head of AI and ML Products, Tech Director · 2019-01 – 2019-07 · 6 mo — - Shaped and led the AI & ML strategy to improve the experience of consumer products. - Drove its execution by significantly improving the recommender systems across multiple product lines, introducing computer vision based features, and designed and delivered end-to-end MLOps platform to scale the operation. - Drove 25% increase in click through rate (CTR) with the launch of new recommender systems. - Recruited 10-members team of ML, data, software, and cloud engineers, data scientists and product managers to ship AI products to 4.5M monthly active users.
- Job: Capgemini — Director AI & ML Consulting Practice · 2018-04 – 2018-12 · 8 mo — - Developed Capgemini's AI & ML practice and service offering from scratch, by developing product prototypes and producing thought leadership. - Led the design and delivery of AI solutions for our customers, being accountable for business outcomes. - Drove generation of $XM in revenue, exceeding target goal. - Built and led a cross-functional team of more than 15 architects, data scientists, engineers, product managers and user experience designers.
- Job: Scient — Head of AI, ML, and Data Eng Consulting Services · 2017-08 – 2018-02 · 6 mo — • Bootstrapped the AI, ML & Data Eng consulting practice from scratch. • Created a global network of AI SMEs, senior executives, global technology company partnerships, and start-ups resulting in $XXM of net new revenue. • Built a team of 15 high-performing consultants, including hiring, training, coaching and mentoring responsibilities.
- Job: Scient — Senior Manager: Business Design Services · 2016-02 – 2017-07 · 1y 5mo
- Job: Google — Senior Product Manager, Cloud AI & Industry Solutions, Google Cloud · 2021-07 – 2022-05 · 10 mo
- Job: Impact AI — Angel Investor · 2024-05 – present · 2y 3mo
- Job: SapientNitro — Senior Manager, eCommerce Consulting · 2012-09 – 2016-01 · 3y 4mo
- School: University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business — Certificate of Business Excellence, Executive Education · 2023-09 – 2025-04
- School: Politecnico di Milano — Master of Science (M.Sc.), Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
- School: Universidad Pontificia Comillas — Master's degree, Industrial Organization Engineering
- School: Politecnico di Milano — Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Engineering
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