Karthik Padmanabhan
Developer Relations @ Google India | Sustainable Living | Green Entrepreneur | Net Zero Fellow | Speaker | Mentor | Seeker
- Role
- Developer Ecosystem Lead - India at Google
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Karthik Padmanabhan
Karthik was born and raised in Bangalore. He completed his Bachelor’s in Engineering in Electronics and Communication from Malnad College of Engineering (Mysore University), Hassan, India in 1989. Karthik has been in the Hi-tech Industry for 34+ years in Bangalore, India, working for companies such as Wipro, Microsoft, IBM and now Google. Karthik is proficient in entrepreneurship, product management & marketing, business development and developer relations. Karthik delivers talks at various events on technology and sustainable living practices, Karthik is active on social media.In the last seven years, at Google in India leads their Developer Relations & is responsible for the adoption of Google AI technologies : GEMINI, GEMMA, Vertex AI (Google Cloud) Duet AI, etc and other Google technologies : Android, Firebase, Flutter, Web, etc. Karthik has also managed regions like Middle East, North Africa, West Asia and Asia Pacific for Developer Relations and Ecosystem building efforts with devs & startups. Currently Karthik leads a team at Google that is responsible for enabling and empowering the developer & startup ecosystems through various developer and startups programs like Google & 3P communities, experts, Mentors, Influencers, Accelerator, Bootcamps, etc As an entrepreneur, Karthik’s journey began in 2007, he co-founded ThinkVarsity IT Career School to solve the employability challenges being faced by the IT Services Industry. Ever since, exiting this startup in the year 2010, Karthik has been involved in growing and enabling the startup ecosystem through various community led efforts in India through IBM and Google. Karthik has spent over hrs mentoring early stage startups through Google for Startup Accelerators, IBM Smart Camp and with other Industry partnersSince 2016, Shyla (his wife) and Karthik (a Climate Change & Net Zero fellow) have been practicing sustainable living. They founded Yash Farm Stay, which is located near Electronics City in Bangalore, India to promote agro-tourism. Their guests get to experience the low carbon footprint farmhouse built using earth architecture (mud house), powered by solar energy, and use water conservation / harvesting techniques. They run residential workshops & volunteering programs on sustainable living & natural farming. They are shareholders in Nesara Farmers Produce Organization (FPO), Thally, TN. As organic farmers they actively contribute to the FPO and mentor fellow farmers to make organic farming of millets, pulses and veggies financially sustainable and climate friendly.
Experience
Developer Ecosystem Lead - India
Apr 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
My mission at Google\'s Developer Ecosystem team is to enable, empower and excite developers and startups in India, around Google AI technologies like GEMINI, GEMMA, Vertex AI, Duet AI and other popular technologies like Android, Firebase, Flutter, Web, etcWhilst Google technology adoption within the ecosystem is a key metric, I\'m focused on delivering on this, by engaging with broader Dev community (Google and 3P) on Govt of India\'s Digital Public Infrastructure (ONDC, Bhashini etc) stack to enable Google AI and drive adoption
Education
Malnad College of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics & Communciations
1985 — 1989
Skills
- Enterprise Software
- Sales Management
- Channel Partners
- Data Center
- Business Development
- Software as a Service (Saas)
- Saas
- Product Management
- Unified Communications
- Channel Management
- Outsourcing
- Product Marketing
- Business Management
- Entrepreneurial Experience
- Social Networking
- Partner Management
- New Business Development
- Lead Generation
- Vendor Management
- Direct Sales
- People Management
- Solution Architecture
- Business Alliances
- Key Account Management
- Strategic Partnerships
- Pre-Sales
- Channel
- Strategy
- Team Management
- Alliances
- Account Management
- Sales Operations
- Start-Ups
- Crm
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Leadership
- Management
- Marketing
- Business Strategy
- Entrepreneurship
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