Sarbjeet Johal

Founder

San Francisco, California, United States29 yrs 5 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley technology.
  • Expert in cloud architecture and digital transformation.
  • Well-connected in Silicon Valley startups and VC community.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Computing and Digital Transformation expert with extensive experience in enterprise technology.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipCloud ComputingGo-to-market Strategy

Other Skills

Generative AICloud ArchitectureTechnology Program ManagementCloud MigrationsDigital TransformationEnterprise SoftwareData CenterSaaSVirtualizationProfessional ServicesEnterprise ArchitectureProduct ManagementSoftware DevelopmentStart-upsCRM

About

30 years in Silicon Vallery! Currently, as an Industry Analyst, I help vendors with go to market strategy and the buyers in selecting the factors while picking technology and/or implementation vendors. I have done extensive research/work in Go to Market area for New Products and Services for several of my employers and customers which include Amazon AWS, IBM, Google Cloud, Oracle, VMware/Broadcom, Cisco, Dell Technologies. I have consistent interactions with PR, Analysts and Technology Media. I have built and architected Cloud and Edge Computing Products and enabled AI and Digital Transformation Programs worldwide. I have extensive experience in Cloud Architecture, Pre-Sales, Datacenter/Applications Rationalization and Cloud Migrations. I have directed Cloud Center of Excellence programs at Rackspace and Oracle. Led Cloud Partnerships and Alliances Work for Oracle Cloud Marketplace. built and led Data Center & Applications Audits Organization at EMC and VMware, which audited Million+ Servers worldwide. I know SDLC at depth (been in product development roles for more than a decade) and Datacenter/Applications Operations. Global Experience, have served 100+ customer in 10+ countries. Direct involvement in more than 20 cloud implementations & migrations in last 10 years. In first 12 years of his career. Wrote enterprise software applications at McDonalds Corporation, VISA, CommerceOne, PeopleSoft and VMware I have worked with more than 50 Fortune 1000 companies in the last 20 years in different capacities. Well-connected in Silicon Valley Startups & VC Community. Experience in building Organizations and Companies from Scratch. I also have an IPO (CommerceOne) feather in my cap :)

Experience

29 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 9 mos
Current Experience

Stackpane

Founder & CEO

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · San Jose, California, United States · On-site

  • Bringing Enterprise Technology related Research to the Enterprises and Vendors alike.
Generative AIEntrepreneurshipCloud Computing

Independent analyst

Cloud Researcher and Industry Analyst

Apr 2016Present · 10 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

  • ► Independent Cloud Analyst - well connected / often interviewed and quoted.
  • ► Presentations at Industry Events
  • ► Cloud & Digital Transformation Advisory to CIO and/or CxOs (>50 F1000 companies)
  • ► Cloud Migrations and Cloud CoE programs.
  • ► Cloud Architecture (Serverless, Kubernetes Cloud Cluster and Terraform/Ansible/Chef/Puppet automation)
  • ► Technology Program Management in Digital Enterprise & Cloud Areas.
  • ► Consultancy on Creation of Center of Excellence at IT level and program initiatives at LOB levels.
  • ► Cloud & Applications Architecture for Data-Intensive Distributed Applications.
  • ► Global Strategic Partnerships/Alliances Strategy & Execution (>20 partnerships).
  • ► Data Center & Enterprise Applications Rationalization: Planning & Execution (F1000 companies).
  • ► Mentoring in Sales Operations, Product Road-maps & Technical Marketing
  • ► Business Development and Go to Market Strategy.
Generative AICloud ArchitectureTechnology Program ManagementCloud MigrationsDigital TransformationCloud Computing+1

The batchery

Founding Investor and Principal Advisor

Apr 2016Sep 2022 · 6 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • ► Investor and Advisor
  • ► Advisory to more than 8 Startups through my relationship with investors & Incubators.
  • ► Strategic partnerships with Cloud Service Providers

Oracle

Senior Director - Cloud Architecture (Solution Specialist V - Global ISV Partners & Alliances)

Nov 2014Mar 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • ► Led Cloud Center of Excellence Program (DevOps and Developer focused) for Global ISVs
  • ► Solutions and Growth Architect for top 10% of Oracle Partners.
  • ► Telling Oracle Cloud Story to Partners, Customers and Industry Analysts.
  • ► Formulating & Refining Go to Market Strategy for New Service Offerings.
  • ► Strategic Advisory (Architecture, Organizational, Business Models) to 20 Key Strategic Partners.
  • ► Collaboration with Business Development and Marketing teams to refine Oracle Cloud Pitch.
  • ► Led SaaS Integrations (Oracle Sales Cloud) for 30+ Cloud Partners in Oracle Cloud Marketplace.
  • ► Go to Market Strategy for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS in Global Partners and Alliances group
  • ► Digital Enterprise Consultancy for Key Oracle Partners
  • ► Mentoring/Educating Senior Oracle Enterprise Architects (Enterprise Cloud Best Practices)

Rackspace, the #1 managed cloud company

Sr. Technology Strategist & Cloud Evangelist - Enterprise Cloud & IT Transformation

Apr 2011Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • ► Launched 3 Services to promote Enterprise Cloud Adoption for top F1000 Customers.
  • ► Grew Cloud MRR at 50% higher rate than traditional approaches at Rackspace (measured KPI).
  • ► Global Evangelism and Mentorship of Cloud Pre-Sales Teams.
  • ► Worked with Rackspace CIO on RaxOnRax program.
  • ► Product & Go to Market Strategy for IaaS/PaaS and VMware based Managed Hosting Products.
  • ► Representation in Silicon Valley with Partners like VMware, Splunk, Nagios and 500Startups.
  • ► Led, Thought Leadership, Strategic Selling Program (Gartner Recognized) in CTO office.
  • ► Solutions Architecture, Enterprise Application Migrations to cloud.
  • ► Key role in creation of new cloud migration tools, methodologies and services.
  • ► Technology focus on OpenStack & VMware Technologies.
  • ► Forged Partnerships with EMC, Cognizant and Accenture (for capabilities and scale).
  • ► Multiple Customer Center Briefings and SME Participation at Major Industry Events.

Vmware

Sr. Solutions Architect - Data Center & Cloud Applications Management

Aug 2006Apr 2011 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Palo Alto, CA

  • ► Led Delivery of Data Center/Private Cloud Applications Discovery Services (>80 F1000 clients)
  • ► Leading a team of engineers in ITIL/CMDB/Application Management Space.
  • ► Partner Integrations, of VMware Technology with third Party Applications
  • ► Coaching Clients/Partners/Consultants on best practices in Data Center Workload Management
  • ► Identifying/Managing Reference Customers for new releases of VMware tools (Early Adapters)

Dell emc

Sr. Solutions Architect - Data Center Management

Aug 2006Jan 2010 · 3 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • ► $0 - $50 million revenue growth in Datacenter and Application Services over 3 years.
  • ► Launched Data-center Audit Services in NA, EU and AP Markets.
  • ► Served 25 Fortune 500 Customers in Data Center & Applications Rationalization.
  • ► Created and led Services Team for Datacenter and Enterprise Applications Audits.
  • ► Led Services team of 12 Datacenter/Application Auditors.
  • ► Helping EMC clients in deploying technology to accomplish ITIL and CMDB goals.
  • ► Created team KPIs and Collaboration with Product, Sales and Marketing Teams.
  • ► Manage Incentives Plan for Sales Teams (like quota release and commissions).
  • ► Collaboration with professional Services Data Center Move Teams.

Peoplesoft

Tech Lead/Principal Software Engineer

Aug 2003Jul 2006 · 2 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • ► Lead Software Architect for 3 PeopleSoft Financials Applications (8.8 and 8.9 releases).
  • ► Design/Development of Contracts, Government Contracts and Projects applications
  • ► Member of ETL Projects and Oracle Fusion Design Committee
  • ► Mentoring & Coaching Programmers & New Tech Leads

Commerce one

Sr. Software Developer & Architect (Platform & Applications) - IPO

Sep 1998Aug 2003 · 4 yrs 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • ► First 2.5 years as Sr. Software Developer and next 2.5 Years in Technical Products Delivery.
  • ► Managed team of more than 20 technical resources on delivery projects.
  • ► Lead Software Developer on BuySite, our 1st best performing product ($sales wise).
  • ► Lead Software Developer on Supplier Site, our 2nd best performing product ($sales wise).
  • ► Pre-IPO to IPO Preparations Experience in Product & Services Organizations.
  • ► Chief Architect at Siemens B2B exchange.
  • ► Filed Partnerships work with SAP, I2, IBM and several other SI partners worldwide.
  • ► Worked extensively in US, EU and Asia.
  • ► Coached international teams on product & services delivery.
  • ► Created reference architectures for different verticals.

Visa

Sr. Software Developer

Feb 1996Sep 1998 · 2 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • ► Architect/Developer/Coder on PVR (Personalized Visa Reward) program.
  • ► Member of design team for several application development projects.
  • ► Award winning performances in VISA's Marketing Automation Division

Education

BITS

Post MS — Computer Science

Guru Nanak Dev University

MS — Econometrics/Economics

Guru Nanak Dev University

BS — Mathematics & Economics

Guru Nanak Dev University

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Statistics & Computer Applications

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