About — Boone Spooner

Consumer product leader with 15+ years building products used by billions. I'm currently a Group Product Manager at Google leading the Android Peace of Mind vertical — Find Hub, Personal Safety, and Location Services — shipping AI-powered safety products across 98 countries on 3.5B+ devices.

I have a track record of turning zero-to-one ideas into platform-level investments: growing teams, partnering with regulators, OEMs, and cross-functional engineering organizations to deliver outsized impact. I'm a published co-author in Science magazine for the Android Earthquake Alerts system, a recipient of the Google Science Award, and my work has been featured in The New Yorker and on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Before Google, I was Principal PM at Caavo and Sr. Director of Product at TuneIn, where I launched TuneIn Premium and grew the business from ~$60M to ~$120M in annual revenue. Earlier in my career I was a designer, co-founder, and sound engineer — experiences that still shape how I think about product.

Experience

Google 2018 – Present

Group Product Manager — Android Peace of Mind (Find Hub, Personal Safety, Location Services)
- Leading Find Hub, Personal Safety, and Android Location across phones, watches, and Pixel devices — managing 5+ PMs and a cross-functional org of ~80 engineers, 6 designers, marketing, PR, and legal.
- Led launch of Find Hub network and People Location Sharing, growing MAU to ~70M and reducing device find times from ~25 minutes to 5 minutes through Bluetooth network optimizations.
- Drove BT tracker ecosystem from 0 to 6M tracked tags, establishing Find Hub as Android's answer to Apple's Find My.
- Conceived and launched the world's largest earthquake detection and alerting system, covering 98 countries and ~3.5B Android devices using on-device accelerometers and Bayesian ML models. Published co-author in Science magazine; Popular Science Top 100 Inventions (2020).
- Grew Personal Safety active devices from ~7M to 834M by designing and executing an OEM partnerships strategy distributing the app across the Android ecosystem.
- Founded Android Theft Detection, using AI motion models to instantly lock screens during snatch events.
- Led critical launch of Air Raid Alerts for Ukraine, delivering 6B+ notifications during the conflict.
- Expanded Emergency Location Service (ELS) coverage 3x to ~1B users at 99.99% uptime; launched enhanced data pipelines for first responders including medical info, crash status, AED locations, and live video.
- Shipped Fall Detection, Car Crash Detection, and Loss of Pulse Detection on Pixel Watch; led Satellite SOS emergency flow on Pixel phones and watches (Google P&D Tech Impacts Award).
- Led U.S. rollout of Exposure Notifications during COVID-19.
- Partnered with Apple to co-develop and launch Unwanted Tracking Alerts, protecting users from unknown BT tracker stalking.
- Represent Google as lead safety spokesperson to the FCC, White House, EENA, NENA, and international crisis conferences.
ExperienceFlow.ai 2024 – 2025

Product Advisor
- Developed product strategy and authored PRD defining launch requirements for v1 pilot with enterprise partners.
- Advised CEO, CTO, and CPO on product direction, development priorities, and go-to-market for an AI-powered experience platform.
Caavo 2017 – 2018

Principal Product Manager
- Owned product roadmap for an innovative TV platform integrating ML, AI, and voice assistants (Alexa, Google Home) for unified home media experiences.
- Led vision and launch of the company's first iOS, Android, and Web apps; designed the "Recommended Watch" content algorithm aggregating across all streaming platforms.
- Established agile processes across SF and Bangalore teams, improving development velocity and cross-site collaboration.
TuneIn 2010 – 2017

Senior Director of Product
- Led product team to ~200% YOY growth, reaching 60M+ MAU; built and managed a team of PMs, a project manager, and performance marketing managers across Android, iOS, and Web.
- Developed and launched TuneIn Premium (NFL, MLB, NBA, music, audiobooks), roughly doubling annual revenue from ~$60M to ~$120M.
- Integrated programmatic ad networks into mobile products, driving 3.5x daily revenue growth.
- Launched cross-functional partnerships with Chromecast, Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, Android TV, and automotive partners including Mercedes, Volvo, and Nissan.
Earlier Career 2002 – 2010

Co-Founder, Colligy · Founder, Oak & Alder · Partner, Flying Kitchen Productions · Manager & Sound Engineer, SF Soundworks

Recognition

Co-author, "Global earthquake detection and warning using Android phones" — Science magazine cover story
Popular Science Top 100 Inventions, 2020
Google Science Award recipient
Google P&D Tech Impacts Award — Pixel Satellite SOS
Google Patents — Theft Detection and Earthquake Alerts
Featured: The New Yorker (Technology Review), San Francisco Chronicle (front page)

Education

B.A. English, Honors Literature; Minor in Music Performance
University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A. Political Science (in progress)
San Francisco State University

Music

Music has been part of my life from the beginning. My father is Bill Spooner, co-founder and guitarist of The Tubes — the iconic San Francisco rock band known for their theatrical live shows and records including She's a Beauty and Talk to Ya Later. Growing up around that world shaped how I think about performance, storytelling, and the relationship between an artist and an audience.

I've carried that forward in my own work as a composer and producer. My music is available on Spotify.