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Rajat Pandit Top-Executive

I am a Regional Technology Executive and GTM Leader with over 20+ years of experience bridging the gap between deep engineering and multi-billion dollar commercial execution. My career has been defined by leading complex transformations at some of the world’s most influential technology and retail organizations - from scaling global platforms for thousands of engineers to driving the regional adoption of Generative AI infrastructure.

Current Strategic Impact As the Head of AI Infrastructure for Google Cloud (APAC), I lead the Go-To-Market strategy for our high-performance computing portfolio, including TPU/GPU, GKE, AI Hypercomputer and HPC portfolio. My focus is on Value Engineering: diagnosing complex technical narratives to unlock stalled pipelines and accelerate commercial velocity. I am a recipient of the Google Cloud President’s Award, recognized for driving market penetration and structuring large-scale technology deals.

The Engineering Heritage
Before pivoting to executive GTM leadership, I built a foundation in deep technical delivery and platform engineering at scale:

• At Tesco: As Global Head of Software Development, I led platform engineering for a developer base of over 4,000 engineers, securing critical funding to reduce release cycles by 40% and optimizing multi-cloud OpEx budgets to deliver double-digit percentage savings.

• At Yahoo & Accenture: I spent my formative years in the "engine room" of the internet, focusing on semantic search, internationalization, and large-scale digital transformation for public sector and retail giants.

The Philosophy I believe in "Calm Technology" and identity-first behavioral change. Whether I am building an AI infrastructure team or developing productivity frameworks, my goal is to simplify the complex and deliver technology that serves the business, not the other way around.

Core Expertise:
• GTM & Deal Leadership: Deal Construction, Negotiation, and Regional Scale.
• AI & Cloud Strategy: Generative AI Advisory, TPU/GPU Optimization, and Enterprise Architecture.
• Practice Leadership: Scaling high-performing technical sales and engineering organizations across Singapore, India, and the UK.

Invests into

Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Title: Head of AI Infrastructure - APAC
Company: Google
Company Industry: Computer Software
Company Website: https://goo.gle/3dleokh
Company Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/google
Company Size: 10001+
Current Job Duration: 11 mos
Country: Singapore
Languages: English
Work Experience: Title: Google Company: Google Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/google/ Industry: Computer Software Company Size: 10001+ Location: None Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 02-2025 Ends At: Present Description: As the regional technology lead for the AI Infrastructure portfolio (TPU/GPU, GKE, and Gemini Code Assist), I drive the GTM strategy and market adoption for a multi-billion dollar portfolio across Asia-Pacific. 🔘 Regional GTM Leadership: Established and aligned AI sales teams across sub-regions, orchestrating a unified strategy to maximize commercial impact and market penetration. 🔘 Pipeline Innovation: Designed and executed a new channel-led GTM motion, enabling partner resources and seeding a multi-million dollar initial opportunity pipeline. 🔘 Sales Velocity & Narrative Strategy: Diagnosed complex product narratives as a primary sales blocker; partnered with Product Marketing to simplify the technical "pitch," successfully unlocking significant stalled pipeline and reducing time-to-proposal., Led the pre-sales engineering organization responsible for building joint business and technology roadmaps for key enterprise clients across Digital Natives, FSI, and Retail. 🔘 Executive P&L Accountability: Scaled teams and revenue with consistent excellence, delivering up to 400% on new business targets and 180% on revenue targets. 🔘 Generative AI & Web3 Advisory: Served as the Technology GTM Lead for Generative AI and Web3 for Google Cloud India, advising enterprise clients on early-stage adoption and strategic innovation roadmaps. 🔘 Hyper-Growth Execution: Orchestrated engineering efforts that delivered ~150% YoY growth during the foundational stages of cloud adoption in the Indian market. 🔘 Ecosystem Mentorship: Served as an Accelerator Mentor for Google for Startups, helping early-stage founders scale their technical infrastructure ., Led the foundational technical sales organization for the South India region, managing a high-performing team of Customer Engineers focused on the Digital Native, Retail, and Enterprise sectors. 🔘 Regional Market Entry: Spearheaded the technical GTM strategy for South India (Bangalore/Chennai), successfully repositioning Google Cloud from a niche player to a primary infrastructure partner for the region’s largest unicorn startups and enterprises. 🔘 Strategic Deal Construction: Acted as the lead technical architect for several "mega-deals," designing multi-year cloud transformation roadmaps that integrated the full breadth of Alphabet’s technology stack. 🔘 Organizational Scaling: Recruited and mentored a diverse team of specialist engineers, establishing a culture of "Consultative Sales" that focused on long-term value engineering and architectural excellence rather than transactional growth. 🔘 Legacy-to-Cloud Transformation: Partnered with C-suite executives at traditional enterprises to navigate complex migrations from on-premise legacy systems to modern, GKE-based microservices architectures. Title: Global Head of Software Development Company: Tesco Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/-tesco/ Industry: Retail Company Size: 10001+ Location: London UK/ Bengaluru Area, India Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 07-2016 Ends At: 11-2018 Description: None Title: Technical Director Company: None Company URL: None Industry: None Company Size: None Location: London, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 02-2014 Ends At: 06-2016 Description: None Title: Management Consultant & Technical Delivery Lead (Retail, Digital & Analytics) Company: None Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accenture-uk-ireland/ Industry: None Company Size: None Location: London Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 06-2011 Ends At: 02-2014 Description: None Title: Software Engineering Manager Company: Time Inc. Uk Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/timeincuk/ Industry: Publishing Company Size: 1001-5000 Location: London Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 06-2009 Ends At: 06-2011 Description: None Title: Software Engineer, Search Company: Yahoo Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yahoo/ Industry: Computer Software Company Size: 10001+ Location: London Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 10-2007 Ends At: 06-2009 Description: None Title: Senior Software Engineer Company: Hcltech Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hcltech/ Industry: Information Technology And Services Company Size: 10001+ Location: London Area, United Kingdom Country: None Employment Type: None Start At: 06-2004 Ends At: 09-2007 Description: None
Headline: Regional Technology Executive | Head of AI Infrastructure (APAC) @ Google | GTM & Deal Leadership | Ex- Head of Engineering @ Tesco | Engineering Roots @ Yahoo & Accenture.
Followers: 17646
Connections: 15980
Skills: Large Language Models (LLM), P&L Management, Go-to-Market Strategy, Value Engineering, Strategic Partnerships, Manager of Managers, Consultant Coordination, Management Consulting, Management Professional, GPU, TPU, Distributed Systems, High Performance Computing (HPC), Serverless Computing, Cloud-Native Applications, Cloud-Native Architecture, Agile Methodologies, Cloud Computing, Test Driven Development, Scrum, FinOps / Cloud Cost Optimization, Deal Construction, Executive Stakeholder Management, Cloud Native, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Serverless Frameworks, AI Accelerators, AI Agents, Generative AI, Strategic Thinking, Management, Web3, REST, JavaScript, Open Source, HTML 5, AWS, LAMP, MongoDB, Perl, HTML5, Enterprise Software, Representational State Transfer (REST), PHP, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Web Development, Web Services, E-commerce, Scalability, VirtualBox, Infrastructure
Experience: Title: Head of AI Infrastructure - APAC Company: Google Location: Singapore Start: Feb 2025 End: Present Title: Head of Customer Engineering - India Company: Google Location: Bengaluru Start: Nov 2020 End: Feb 2025 Title: Customer Engineering Manager - South India Company: Google Location: Bengaluru Start: Nov 2018 End: Nov 2020 Title: Global Head of Software Development Company: Tesco PLC Location: London UK/ Bengaluru Area, India Start: Jul 2016 End: Nov 2018 Title: Technical Director Company: Self-employed Location: London, United Kingdom Start: Feb 2014 End: Jun 2016 Title: Management Consultant & Technical Delivery Lead (Retail, Digital & Analytics) Company: Accenture UK Location: London Area, United Kingdom Start: Jun 2011 End: Feb 2014 Title: Software Engineering Manager Company: Time Inc. UK Location: London Area, United Kingdom Start: Jun 2009 End: Jun 2011 Title: Software Engineer, Search Company: Yahoo Location: London Area, United Kingdom Start: Oct 2007 End: Jun 2009 Title: Senior Software Engineer Company: HCL Technologies Location: London Area, United Kingdom Start: Jun 2004 End: Sep 2007
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