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Karan Bajwa

Examiner · DISC type cs
President, Asia Pacific, Google Cloud at Google
📍 Singapore

As President of Google Cloud, Asia Pacific, Karan is a tech veteran driving large-scale organizational transformations. With prior leadership roles at IBM and Microsoft, he focuses on enterprise AI adoption across the region. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering from Guru Nanak Engineering College.

Karan is a firm believer in strong organizational culture, famously noting that "culture eats strategy. " His strategic thinking is deeply influenced by timeless principles, including Sun Tzus "Art of War. " He advocates for proactive innovation to stay ahead of the curve.

Unique fact: He lives by the principle, "If it aint broken, break it before someone else does. "

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
President, Asia Pacific, Google Cloud
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Singapore
Personality Overview

How Karan shows up

Unexpressive
Process Oriented
Late Adopter

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. Being observant comes to them naturally. They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end.

Priorities

Topics Karan cares about

Enterprise AI Adoption
He is focused on the tangible business value of enterprise AI, emphasizing how tools like Gemini 3 can immediately transform customer workflows and analytics.
Strategic Partnerships
Actively forms key alliances, such as the partnership with Reliance, to democratize access to AI and drive large-scale technology adoption across markets.
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Career

Work history

1-2021
President, Asia Pacific, Google Cloud
Google
3-2020
Managing Director, Google Cloud India
Google
6-2016 - 2-2020
Managing Director
IBM
6-2013 - 6-2016
Managing Director
Microsoft
6-2010 - 6-2013
General Manager Enterprise
Microsoft
In the press

Media appearances

In conversation with Karan Bajwa (VP of Google Cloud APAC). Featured in YouTube
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Rapid Fire | Karan Bajwa, Vice President - APAC, Google Cloud. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1984 - 1988
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
Guru Nanak Engineering College, Punjab University, Ludhiana
1982 - 1984
10+2
Arya College
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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