About

Bipul Kumar is a seasoned IT professional with over 20 years of experience in various technology roles. He has worked across different industries such as telecom, media, and banking, gaining expertise in core technologies such as data management, compute, virtualization, containerization, networking, and storage. Currently, he is the Head of Data and AI Practice at Google Cloud UK&I Customer Engineering, leading a team of specialists focused on identifying business opportunities, developing strategies, designing solutions, and taking ownership of technical acceptance of proposed solutions. Bipul has authored a book on Oracle Data Guard: Standby Database Failover handbook and co-authored an article for Sun Microsystems highlighting the capabilities of multi-core UltraSPARC T1 chipset in RAC Database environment. He is also an avid blogger, regularly writing about technology, mainly covering Oracle Cloud, and sharing scripts and code focusing on Database and Cloud technology. In his current role, Bipul is responsible for providing technical advisory, product and solution briefing, and prototyping solutions using Google Cloud products, open-source software, and some 3P partner products. He has previously worked as a Cloud Solutions Architect, Database Architect, Infrastructure Manager, Database analyst, administrator, and developer, covering multiple industries and technologies. Bipul holds a Master's degree in Exploration Geophysics from IIT and has relevant experience of 25.03 years. He is proficient in AI, Senior Software Engineering, infra, Spark, Apache Hive, and other relevant technologies. Bipul's diverse experience and expertise make him a valuable asset to any organization he works for.