Hitesh Wadhwa

GTM at OpenAI | ex Google, AWS | Young Global Leader, World Economic Forum | Speaker

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World Economic Forumex-Satyam Computersex-Verizon Wireless

**All views and opinions expressed here are my own and do not reflect the views of my employer or any organizations I am affiliated with **—Hitesh is 'Member of the GTM Staff' at OpenAI - aligned with a goal and mission to bring AGI that benefits humanity.

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Previously, he led AI go-to-market (GTM) for Google Cloud's AI products, including Gemini models, AI Agents, Agentspace, Customer Engagement Suite (CES) etc. In his role, he leads a team of AI Sales executives to drive growth and AI adoption at scale across Enterprise customers. In his 19+ years of work experience working at the intersection of technology and business, he has led teams, ran strategic initiatives and scaled enterprise business with various Fortune 1000 customers, Startups and Digital NativesWith his expertise in AI, he is also a GenAI Ambassador at Google. He is a public speaker at conferences and events. Prior to Google, he worked at AWS as 'Principal, Enterprise Sales' to grow and scale AWS adoption with large and medium Enterprise accounts. Before AWS, Hitesh worked as VP of Sales, Tech Mahindra, one of the leading GSIs ($7B revenue)where he was responsible for organic and in-organic growth, profitability, account management, partnership management for Strategic accounts. He was also part of the Tech Mahindra "Shadow Board", a team of 6 young leaders selected from 130,000+ employees that shadow the company’s board of directors on various strategic Before Tech Mahindra, he has worked with Verizon and CSC (now called DXC Technology) in various account management and technology He was named as a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum for Class of org/press/2021/03/ygl-class-2021/He has also been chosen by Forbes for "Forbes Business Development Council", an invitation-only organization for Senior-Level Sales and Business Development ExecutivesHe is Bachelors in Electronics & Communications Engineering from Thapar University, Patiala; and MBA in Strategy & Marketing from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore. Key Competencies• AI GTM • Technology Sales • Account Management • Business Development • Partner Management • Telecom, Media & Entertainment • Strategic Partnerships • Customer Success • Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Machine Learning • Customer Relationship Management • IT Consulting • Strategy • Data & Analytics • Cloud • web3 • Metaverse

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  1. OPENAIJOB
    1. Member of GTM Staff
      2M
  2. WORLD ECONOMIC FORUMJOB
    1. Young Global Leader
      5Y 5M
  3. GOOGLEJOB
    1. Head of AI GTM
      1Y 5M
    2. Strategic Cloud Sales Leader
      2Y 1M
  4. AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS)JOB
    1. Principal, Enterprise Sales
      11M
  5. FORBES BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COUNCILJOB
    1. Forbes Council Member
      1Y 5M
  6. SATYAM COMPUTERSJOB
    1. VP, Sales
      1Y 11M
    2. Member, Shadow Board
      6Y 7M
    3. Client Partner - AVP, Larg…
      3Y 7M
    4. Account Dir - Digital Ente…
      1Y 11M
  7. HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEWJOB
    1. Member, Harvard Business R…
      11M
  8. DXC TECHNOLOGYJOB
    1. Account Mgr - (Sun Microsy…
      5Y 9M
  9. VERIZON WIRELESSJOB
    1. Software Eng
      1Y 10M
  10. ERICSSONJOB
    1. Intern
      2M

Time in market 23Y 3MOpen 2Closed 12Stints 14

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  1. Job: Satyam Computers — Client Partner - AVP, Large Enterprise Accounts · 2016-05 – 2019-12
  2. Job: Verizon Wireless — Software Engineer · 2005-08 – 2007-06
  3. Job: OpenAI — Member of GTM Staff · 2026-06 – present
  4. Job: Satyam Computers — Account Director - Digital Enterprise Services · 2014-05 – 2016-04
  5. Job: Google — Strategic Cloud Sales Leader · 2022-11 – 2024-12
  6. Job: World Economic Forum — Young Global Leader · 2021-03 – present
  7. Job: Satyam Computers — Vice President, Sales · 2020-01 – 2021-12
  8. Job: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — Principal, Enterprise Sales · 2021-12 – 2022-11
  9. Job: Ericsson — Intern · 2003-05 – 2003-07
  10. Job: Harvard Business Review — Member, Harvard Business Review Advisory Council · 2020-11 – 2021-10
  11. Job: Forbes Business Development Council — Forbes Council Member · 2021-06 – 2022-11
  12. Job: Google — Head of AI GTM · 2025-01 – 2026-06
  13. Job: Satyam Computers — Member, Shadow Board · 2015-05 – 2021-12
  14. Job: DXC Technology — Account Manager - (Sun Microsystems, Oracle, UnitedHealth Group) · 2007-06 – 2013-03

Skills

EngineeringLeadership DevelopmentBig-Picture ThinkingNew Business DevelopmentCloud ComputingMachine LearningGo-to-Market StrategyGenerative AIManagement ConsultingDigital TransformationInternet of ThingsDigital StrategyIT StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Google Cloud Platform (GCP)Artificial Intelligence (AI)SalesBusiness DevelopmentBusiness StrategyProject Management

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