Career
He previously served as the Vice President of Product at RelateIQ, which was acquired by Salesforce.com, as Chief Product Officer of Color Labs, and as Head of Data Products and Chief Scientist of LinkedIn. Patil attended Monta Vista High School and De Anza College, both in Cupertino, California. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from the University of California, San Diego, and a Doctor of Philosophy in applied mathematics from the University of Maryland College Park.
He also served as a faculty member at the University of Maryland, and used open datasets published by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to improve numerical weather forecasting.
Patil has held positions at LinkedIn, Greylock Partners, Skype, PayPal, and eBay. He also briefly worked at the United States. Department of Defense employing social network analysis to help anticipate emerging threats.
Along with Jeff Hammerbacher, Patil is credited with coining the term "data science".
