Sagar Kewalramani
Austin,TX
Summary
Senior Solutions Engineering Director, Enterprise Data Architect, and AI leader with 15+ years driving transformative data and AI solutions for Fortune 500 companies, including 10+ years architecting platforms across SaaS, PaaS, and hyperscale cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). Currently Director and Head of Field Solution Architects at Google, leading cross-functional engineering and GTM strategy, executive relationship building, and co-sell motions generating nine-figure revenue and pipeline value. Deep hands-on expertise in distributed systems, hyperscale infrastructure, and modern data platforms-including Data Mesh, Lakehouse, streaming, vector, and graph databases. Expert in agentic AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Crew.ai, Google ADK), RAG, GPU-accelerated AI infrastructure, fine-tuning, MLOps, and cross-cloud architectural patterns. Proven track record in data governance, compliance, and enterprise data modernization, as well as building high-performing technical teams, accelerating co-build and co-sell initiatives with GSIs, ISVs, and VARs, and influencing product roadmaps. Outcome-driven builder and developer advocate, skilled at translating complex AI capabilities into business value and accessible developer experiences through impactful demos, tutorials, and technical content for enterprise customers, developer communities, startup ecosystems, and partner networks.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
20
20
Certification
Work History
Director
Google
11.2023 - Current
- Recruited and led a 10-person team of elite Field Solution Architects specializing in Generative Agentic AI.
- Served as Principal Architect and strategic advisor for Google Cloud's largest global enterprise clients.
- Designed and delivered complex, multi-cloud data and AI solutions, with a focus on modern data platforms, large-scale migrations, and advanced analytics to address critical business challenges.
- Led the architecture of hyperscale, multi-cloud systems at the intersection of infrastructure and data, establishing standardized, extensible patterns for personalized AI and agentic experiences, strategic account planning, and solution delivery.
- Acted as senior technical advisor to C-suite executives in the US NorthAM region, driving technical strategy and architectural vision for AI solutions and directly influencing a $98.5M AI product adoption portfolio for FY24.
- Demonstrated flagship 'Future of Retail' solution at Google Next'25, showcasing multi-agent systems with 95% search relevancy and 12% click-through rate improvement.
- Architected a reproducible, enterprise-scale RAG platform architecture using LlamaIndex and a managed vector store.
- Led the implementation of Gemini-powered visual analysis systems for restaurant operations.
Sr. BigQuery Technical Product Manager
Google
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Served as the lead Go-to-Market (GTM) technical product manager for BigQuery Studio and its integrated Generative AI capabilities.
- Drove product strategy, launch execution, partnering with service teams to influence product roadmaps and market adoption by acting as the key liaison between Product, Engineering, Sales, and enterprise customers.
- Coordinated cross-functional development teams for the successful Tier-1 launch of BigQuery Studio at Google Next '23.
- Provided technical direction and development oversight to cross-functional team of 8 engineers, data scientists, and UX designers delivering end-to-end BigQuery Studio platform.
Senior Principal Architect & Platform Architecture Leader
Google
01.2020 - 12.2022
- Served as senior platform architect and technical leader for Google Cloud's largest strategic customers.
- Designed and delivered complex, cross-cloud distributed systems and hyperscale data solutions, focusing on scalable, secure, and extensible architectural patterns supporting highly personalized agentic experiences and intelligent automation.
- Architected and implemented a 7PB+ Data Lakehouse platform using Databricks, BigQuery, and Confluent.
- Led cross-cloud architectural migration of 5PB+ customer data warehouse from on-premises to Google BigQuery.
Sr. Solution Architect & Practice Lead
Cloudera Inc.
11.2017 - 01.2020
- Served as a senior technical expert, team lead, and trusted advisor for enterprise customers adopting the Cloudera Data Platform.
- Led architecture design, implementation, and go-to-market enablement for large-scale data solutions, acting as a key thought leader both internally and in the broader data community.
- Presented at the O'Reilly Strata Data Conference (2018): Authored and delivered the session 'Architecting an Open Source Enterprise Data Lake.'
- Mentored a team of 3 Solution Architects through the implementation of enterprise Customer Data Platforms (CDPs).
Skills
- Executive/Technical Leadership
- Strategic Alliances
- Agentic & Generative AI
- Advanced Analytics & MLOps
- Multi-Cloud
- NVIDIA AI Stack & GPU Computing
- Enterprise Data Architecture & Engineering
- Real-Time Processing
- Data Governance & Compliance
- Field CTO
- Full-Stack Development
Certification
- Google Cloud Professional Solution Architect
- Google Cloud Professional Data Architect
- Google Cloud Machine Learning Engineer
- Google Cloud Data Engineer
- Google Cloud Digital Leader
- AWS Certified Developer
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Architect
- Databricks Certified Cloud Partner Core (Google Cloud)
- Cloudera CCA Spark and Hadoop Developer
- Certified Hadoop Administrator
- Apache Cassandra 3.x Administrator
Key Achievements
Led pre-sales technical strategy, enterprise data architecture assessments and platform solutioning activities in partnership with Sales and Account Managers to drive significant revenue growth, consistently exceeding targets by achieving 142% ($175M) in 2024., 2024-01-01, Achieved 198% ($36.5M) in 2023., 2023-01-01, Achieved 135% ($25.5M) in FY22., 2022-01-01, Achieved 124% ($40M) in FY21., 2021-01-01, Recruited, coached, and led a top-tier forward deployed engineering team of 10+ Field Solution Architects specializing in agentic AI blueprints across distributed locations., 2023-01-01, Mentored over 20 architects and engineers across distributed teams, with 90% advancing to senior roles within two years., 2023-01-01
Personal Information
- Title: Senior Solutions Engineering Director
- Nationality: U.S. Citizen
- Work Permit: U.S. Citizen
- Visa Status: U.S. Citizen
Awards
- 64+ spot bonuses
- 70+ peer bonuses
- 35+ kudos
- Notable awards: Wood Chopping, Making an Impact, Wake Up Running, Stratosphere
Timeline
Director - Google
11.2023 - Current
Sr. BigQuery Technical Product Manager - Google
01.2023 - 12.2023
Senior Principal Architect & Platform Architecture Leader - Google
01.2020 - 12.2022
Sr. Solution Architect & Practice Lead - Cloudera Inc.
11.2017 - 01.2020