SD over distant timezones

Hi there,

I started leading a DevOps team in California that is closely working with our headquarters in Europe -> 9h difference.

We typically have meetings in the early AM with the Euros and then disconnect. Both teams work in the same department and on similar projects yet do not really collaborate on dev projects. I feel like the way we roll might be improved, hence wonder what other, large international companies do in order to use the time difference as benefit for collaboration.

I am thinking of a system like something like

work in Europe ,

sync with CA,

hand over,

continue in CA, ,

hand over to EU in the evening for the next day.

What do GGL / APPL / MSFT do to use timezones to their benefits? Are there any patterns for this?

Thanks,

EL