Eric Schmidt was the Chief Executive Officer of Google from 2011 to 2011, and later held the executive chair position at Alphabet, Google’s parent company (NASDAQ:). He has now joined Chainlink Labs, an Oracle solutions provider Chainlink Labs, as a Strategic Advisor.

According to a Tuesday announcement, Chainlink said Schmidt would guide the firm’s scaling strategy in its use of oracle networks to trigger smart contracts. Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov cited Schmidt’s experience “building global software platforms for next-generation innovation” in the firm’s decision to bring the former Google exec on board.