Google Cloud Taps Industry Veteran, Paul Migliorini, to Drive Growth
Google Cloud today announced the appointment of Paul Migliorini, as Vice President of Australia and New Zealand.
Based in Sydney, Paul will spearhead the local go-to-market strategy and work closely with customers and partners to harness the full potential of AI with Google Cloud's open, secure and integrated technology stack.
Leading businesses across every industry in Australia are choosing Google Cloud as their innovation partner – from ANZ Bank, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and Macquarie Bank in financial services; Australian Pharmaceutical Industries and Woolworths in retail; Ramsay Health Care in healthcare; Optus, Telstra in telecommunications; Department of Health & Aged Care and CSIRO in the public sector; and unicorns like Canva, Culture Amp, Pet Circle work with Google Cloud to digitally transform with the power of cloud and AI.
Google is strengthening Australia's digital future through major infrastructure and renewable energy projects. This includes subsea cable investments as a part of the Pacific Connect initiative, to boost digital connectivity and reliability across the Pacific. Google has also partnered with AirTrunk and OX2 on a power purchasing agreement to add more renewable energy to Australia's power grid.
“I am delighted to welcome Paul to Google Cloud,” said Karan Bajwa, Vice President, Google Cloud in Asia Pacific. “With his deep knowledge of the local market, and proven track record in successfully growing cloud businesses, I am confident Paul will help us advance our mission and unlock our next phase of growth in Australia and New Zealand.”
A tenured technology leader with over 25 years experience across Asia, Europe and US, Paul was most recently the CEO of Versent, a cloud services delivery company that was acquired by Telstra late last year. Paul was previously the Managing Director of Amazon Web Services in Australia, and he has also held leadership roles at BT, IWG and Ernst & Young.
Commenting on his appointment, Paul Migliorini said, “AI isn’t just changing the technology sector, it’s changing the world, and I’m excited to join Google Cloud at such a pivotal time. I look forward to building on the momentum and helping customers and partners capture this moment with the power of Google Cloud’s technology leadership and differentiation, to deliver real world impact with our solutions.”
Revenues for Google Cloud were USD$10.3 billion for Q2 2024, up 29% year-over-year, and delivering profitability quarter-over-quarter since Q1 2023. In the past year alone, Google Cloud has introduced over a thousand product advancements across its end-to-end platform to help organisations of all sizes innovate and scale with AI, including breakthroughs with its AI hypercomputer, significant enhancements to Vertex AI with access to over 150 first and third party models, and the introduction of Gemini for Workspace.
