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Sailesh Krishnamurthy

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Vice President Of Engineering at Google
📍 Palo Alto, California, United States

Sailesh Krishnamurthy is the Vice President of Engineering for Databases at Google, where he leads the teams for Cloud SQL and other database services. An expert in building high-growth, cloud-native databases, he previously led Amazon Aurora, the fastest-growing service in AWS history. He holds a Ph. D. from UC Berkeley.

He co-founded Truviso, a startup that commercialized his Ph. D. research on data streaming systems, which was later acquired by Cisco.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Vice President Of Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
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Generative AI in Databases
He leads a program at Google called "Gemini in Databases" and frequently speaks on integrating generative AI with operational data for enterprise applications.
Cloud Database Services
His career centers on leading major cloud database services, including his current role at Google and his previous leadership of Amazon Aurora, MySQL, and MariaDB at AWS.
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Career

Work history

9-2019
Vice President Of Engineering
Google
11-2014 - 8-2019
General Manager, Amazon Aurora, MySQL and MariaDB
Amazon Web Services
5-2012 - 10-2014
Principal Engineer
Cisco Systems
1-2006 - 5-2012
Founder and Vice President of Technology
Cisco Systems
9-2001 - 12-2005
Graduate Student Researcher
University of California, Berkeley
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Sailesh Krishnamurthy (Google) – The Future of Databases and Generative AI. Featured in Berkeley SKY Seminar Series
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Education
2001 - 2006
Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley
1995 - 1997
M.S.
Purdue University
1991 - 1995
B.E. (Hons)
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
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