Paras Chopra

About Paras Chopra

Paras is Cloud Consulting Leader @ Google Cloud, where he focuses on helping various Google Cloud customers securely adopt Google Cloud.Prior to Google Cloud, Paras was Director in the Cybersecurity & Privacy Practice of PwC Advisory with proven success delivering Cloud and Cybersecurity engagement for his clients.With Over 17 years of experience across Cybersecurity, Technology Consulting,Cloud Strategy, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Migration, Cloud Governance, Cloud Operations, Cloud Security, Operating Model Design, Data Protection, Security Architecture and vendor management.Experience helping IT organizations capitalize upon technology, including leveraging an extensive knowledge of IT strategy, roadmaps, architecture, engineering, operations, policy, processes and/or standards, IT governance, and program delivery.Experience in a role leading and collaborating directly with middle and senior management on client-facing business development, engagement delivery, and practice development and thought leadership as it relates to the development, assessment and implementation of Information Technology solutions.Experience identifying and addressing client needs, including developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities

Experience

1. Google Cloud Consulting - Cloud Strategy, Cloud Adoption and Transformation

   Google

   Apr 2021 — Present

   Drive the successful adoption of Google Cloud at strategic accounts to help customers realize the business value of our partnership and offeringsCreate value for customers by partnering to define joint strategic plans with identified objectives, stakeholders, milestones, risks, and metrics needed to achieve their goalsForm strategic relationships with key stakeholders to understand a customer’s business within their industry and develop strategic roadmapsGuide IT executives through the organizational changes needed to unlock the full value of the cloud, and help them staff, train, and align their people and partners to deliver on their cloud transformationPartner with customer-facing account teams and executives to develop strategic and technical plans that help customers achieve their business objectives

Education

• Punjab Technical University

  B.Tech, Computer Science Engineering

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• IT Operations
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Vendor Management
• Information Technology
• Storage Area Network (San)
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Unix
• Information Security
• Pl/Sql
• Architectures
• Identity Management
• Microsoft Products
• Vmware
• Pre-Sales
• Citrix
• Infrastructure
• Vmware Esx
• Project Management Office (Pmo)
• Enterprise Architecture
• IT Strategy
• High Availability
• Architecture
• Virtualization
• Cloud Applications
• Consulting
• Team Management
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Integration
• Professional Services
• IT Service Management
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Operating Systems
• Unix Shell Scripting
• Vendor Relationships
• Computer Security
• Sql