A ten-year Amazon veteran, Gérard is a member of the leadership team for Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios. Prior to joining Prime Video, Gérard was responsible for leading artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision-based research efforts powering Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, which provides checkout-free shopping experience, and the Amazon One palm recognition service which delivers a new means of identification for entry, payment, and age-verification. Gérard is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at USC, where he served as the Chair of the CS Department from 2001-2007. He is a Fellow of AAAI, IEEE, ACM, NAI, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.