Internet giant Google recently announced the appointment of industry veteran Karan Bajwa as the Managing Director of Google Cloud business in India
Bajwa, who has leadership experience of more than three decades, will be responsible for driving all revenue and go-to-market operations for Google Cloud’s extensive solution portfolio that includes Google Cloud Platform and G Suite in the country.
In an official statement, Google Cloud Asia-Pacific Managing Director, Rick Harshman said, “His experience will be a tremendous asset to Google Cloud’s business, our partners and our customers as we embark on this next phase of growth.”
Google Cloud’s field sales, partner and customer engineering organizations in India will also report to Bajwa, and he will advise Google Cloud’s continued work with the local developer ecosystem and India-based Global System Integrators (GSIs).
Bajwa was recently serving with IBM as Managing Director for India and South Asia. Prior to IBM, he worked with Microsoft for nine years, his last role being the Managing Director for the company’s operations in India. He has also worked with Cisco Systems in India and Singapore.
Commenting on the appointment, Bajwa said, “Leveraging cloud computing technology to modernize and scale for growth is on the agenda of almost every enterprise CEO and CIO and Google Cloud is committed to helping every organization accelerate their digital transformation.”
Earlier this month, the company announced plans to expand its presence in India by launching a cloud region in Delhi, adding to its Mumbai region which was opened in 2017.
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