Vivek Saraswat
Product Manager, Google Cloud Storage at Google
Vivek Saraswat
Product Manager, Google Cloud Storage at Google
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Group Product Manager, Google Cloud Storage
2022 - Current
Leading a PM team responsible for performance and programmability on Google Cloud Storage -- simple, scalable, cost-effective object storage for workloads of all shapes and sizes. Currently exploring solutions for data-intensive workloads like analytics and AI/ML.
Startup Advisor and Investor
2021
Angel investor and product strategy advisor for enterprise software startups, including: AtomicJar - Automating test management and dependencies with OSS Testcontainers (M&A: Docker) SecurityPal - Helping enterprises automate security reviews so they can focus on revenue OwnID - Building a developer-first passwordless identity platform for registration and logins DEV.to - Empowering creators and enterprises to engage with dev communities RoostAI - Supercharging engineering dev/test and validation with Environments-as-a-Service
VP Product
2021 - 2022
Built and managed the product and design teams and processes, helping to create a modern streaming data platform that is Kafka API-compatible, source-available, blazingly fast, reliable, and easy to use.
Board of Directors
2019 - 2021
Supercharging engineering development, testing, and validation with Environments-as-a-Service.
Board of Directors
2019 - 2021
From the makers of DEV.to, an open source platform that empowers creators and enterprises to create, manage, and engage with communities.
Venture Partner and Product Advisor
2018 - 2021
Invested in early-stage startups with a primary focus on enterprise infrastructure and developer tools. Also worked with portfolio companies on enterprise product strategy, product-led growth, and product team hiring/management. Board Member/Investor: Forem, Roost, Golinks, Alchemy Board Observer: Crunchbase, Frore, Volterra (M&A: F5), Rancher (M&A: SUSE), Cloudsimple (M&A: Google), Swiftstack (M&A: NVIDIA)
Head of Product, Docker Enterprise Platform
2015 - 2018
Ran the product management team for Docker's primary enterprise platform, launching initial and subsequent releases and driving the roadmap for Kubernetes and Swarm integration, application lifecycle management, and integrations for CI/CD, security, monitoring, and storage.
Product Manager, Storage for Cloud-Native Applications
2014 - 2015
Launched VMware's Storage for Cloud-Native Applications, an initiative focused on next-generation technologies such as Containers, Big Data, and OpenStack. Helped to develop products around storage for containers, lifecycle management, and data analytics.
Product Manager, Elastic Block Store
2013 - 2013
Researched market trends, analyzed large-scale datasets, interviewed customers, designed product and pricing requirements, and collaborated with engineers on automated snapshot management.
Senior Process Engineer, Integration and Product Management
2010 - 2012
Multidisciplinary role at a venture-backed startup involving engineering, product management, and release coordination. Designed and built solar cells, supervised a team of operations technicians, assisted in vendor negotiations, and coordinated finance/legal work.