By Wendy Lee From Los Angeles Times YouTube on Monday named Tara Walpert Levy as its new vice president of Americas, a key role at the Google-owned video platform overseeing global content verticals including influencers, shopping, gaming and news. Walpert Levy, who has worked for Google since 2014, will start her new role on Nov. 29. Prior to her promotion, she was vice president of agency and brand solutions at the tech giant. “I’m a builder at heart, and in my last team, we had a lot of success and momentum already in place when I came in, but we were able to quadruple the business and to successfully build out the infrastructure to support it,” Walpert Levy said. “That’s really what I’m hoping to do in this new role at YouTube.” She replaces longtime YouTube executive Kelly Merryman, who resigned over the summer. Merryman was seen by many people …