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, one of the largest services in Google Cloud. Currently exploring high performance solutions for AI/ML and data analytics workloads. Key releases include: - Anywhere Cache: An SSD-based read cache which makes it easy to colocate storage/compute and accelerate reads in existing storage buckets - Rapid Storage: Ultra low latency reads and append writes in a dedicated zonal storage bucket - Hierarchical Namespace: Enables filesystem-like data structure and APIs in a storage bucket for enhanced performance and management - Cloud Storage FUSE: Open-source client that provides file-like access to a storage bucket, optimized for AI workloads - Cloud Storage Connector: Open-source client that enables Hadoop/Spark workloads to run on storage buckets with optimized performance and efficiency
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
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.
Redpanda Data is a software development company that offers data platform for developers.
Raised $165,500,000.00 from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Google Ventures and Haystack.
Board of Directors
2019 - 2021
Supercharging engineering development, testing, and validation with Environments-as-a-Service.
Roost.ai is an end-to-end and comprehensive testing platform driven by chatGPT and generative AI.
Raised $4,000,000.00 from Firebolt Ventures, Mayfield Fund and Center Electric.
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.
Forem is open source software for building modern and independent communities.
Raised $12,450,000.00 from Bossanova Investimentos.
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)
Mayfield is an early-stage VC firm investing in enterprise, deeptech, and human and planetary health companies.
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.
Docker’s platform helps millions of developers efficiently and collaboratively build, share, and run applications.
Raised $435,855,439.00 from Citi Ventures, Atlassian Ventures, Benchmark, Vertex Ventures US, Four Rivers Group, Insight Partners, TeleSoft Partners, Vertex Ventures, FJ Labs and Bain Capital Ventures.
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.
VMware Cloud allows users to run, manage, connect and secure an entire portfolio on any cloud to any device.
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.
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
Raised $8,108,000,000.00 from DBS Bank and Mizuho Bank.
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.
SOLEXEL operates as a solar photovoltaic technology company.
Raised $46,000,000.00 from SunPower and GAF.