Gautami Nadkarni

Commander
DISC Type : D

Senior Customer Engineer, AI/ ML at Google

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Gautami is a Senior AI/ML Customer Engineer at Google Cloud, where she architects scalable, production-grade AI solutions for Fortune 500 companies. She is a recognized expert in data strategy and agentic AI frameworks. Colleagues and clients describe her as proactive, dedicated, knowledgeable, and professional.

Outside of her tech career, Gautami is a passionate dancer and choreographer, even leading workshops for her colleagues at Google. She holds honors in both the classical Indian dance form of Bharatnatyam and in Rumba, a form of ballroom dance. She is also a dedicated mentor, particularly championing women in STEM.

Unique fact: Gautami is a prolific public speaker with over 40 talks and has served as a peer reviewer and judge for industry tracks and hackathons.

Personality Overview

Strong-Willed

Decisive

Impact-Driven

They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.  They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact.

Topics They Care About

Enterprise AI Adoption
Specializes in moving Fortune 500 companies beyond proofs-of-concept to build production-grade, scalable AI solutions and autonomous workflows on Google Cloud.
Agentic AI
Focuses on building autonomous agents that execute high-value workflows, a topic she frequently discusses in keynotes and presentations.
Women in Tech
A dedicated DEI champion who actively mentors technical professionals, leads #IamRemarkable workshops, and speaks at events like the Women Impact Tech conference.

Media Appearances

Meet Gautami – Senior Customer Engineer at Google. Featured in Shoutout SoCal

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Gautami Nadkarni - Google Research. Featured in Google Research

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Work History

1-2026
Senior Customer Engineer, AI/ ML at Google
11-2025 - 1-2026
Senior Customer Engineer - AI/ML at Google
2-2025 - 11-2025
Senior Customer Engineer at Google
7-2017 - 9-2018
Technology Consultant, Cloud Strategy & Infrastructure at Deloitte
7-2014 - 6-2016
Senior Software Engineer at Capgemini

Education

Master's degree from University at Buffalo School of Management, The State University of New York
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering

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Insights For Selling To Gautami

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • Use phrases like ‘it’s your decision’, ‘strategic impact’ etc.
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders

DONT's

  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet
  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Gautami is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Gautami

  • If they decide not to go ahead, they will say no without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Gautami move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Gautami take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Gautami

Personality Compatibility


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