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Chris Barton

Chris Barton is the co-founder and former CEO of Shazam, an application that can identify music based on a short sample played using the microphone on the device, which was later acquired by Apple for $400 million. Today Shazam has been downloaded over 2 billion times and is considered one of the world's most popular apps. 


Chris has also played a key role in tech history as a founding member of Google’s Android Partnerships team where he created Android's mobile operator partnership framework. He also spent four years at Dropbox where he led carrier partnerships and was one of the first 100 people at the company.


Now, Chris is the Founder and CEO of Guard, a system that detects drowning in swimming pools using artificial intelligence. He is also a motivational speaker.

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