Randi-Michelle Cowin, PhD

Cloud & Data/AI Leadership | Using systems thinking to build bridges from strategic vision to real-world results.

St Louis, Missouri, United States1.4k followers

Slalom

ex-Google

ex-Baylor College of Medicine

My career journey began at six when an experience sparked a lifelong passion for understanding how things work. At the Smithsonian that day, I became a scientist, driven to ask "Why," dissect systems, and understand the world.
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My career evolved from dinosaurs to DNA, then to D&A, eventually leading me to Google Cloud. Through multiple career pivots, I realized technology enablement alone wasn't enough to scratch my itch for personal impact. I'm a strategic problem-solver; my purpose is to drive change and transformation. In my current role, I guide technology experts in designing and building strategic cloud solutions within the Google Cloud ecosystem. I work closely with Google to build a partnership that transforms our mutual customers' businesses. With clients, my focus is on turning complex business problems into lasting solutions. I have a stubborn resistance to sacrificing quality or future potential for speed or cost. My goal is to find the "Goldilocks solution": one that solves a problem now and enables new innovation later. My professional philosophy is rooted in conscious leadership. I use lessons from science , genetics, neuroscience, ) and parallels I observe in business and technology to drive strategic direction and intentional connection. I've often seen organizations miss opportunities for genuine impact by focusing solely on technical solutions, forgetting the human element. That's why I'm dedicated to empowering leaders and teams to truly shine. Think of me as someone who helps you: -> See your ultimate future: Defining your clear "North Star" for cloud, data, and AI transformations. -> Build a real-world strategy: Creating practical, structured ways to bridge your big vision and execution. -> Create deeper connections: Guiding interactions so integrity, clarity, and impactful results naturally happen. I'm an empathetic leader, unafraid of candid conversations. I strive to be a coach-like problem-solver, empowering people more often than rescuing them. Beyond my day-to-day, I actively contemplate co-active leadership, deepening insights through parallels across disparate domains and belief systems. I am an architect for change. My mission is simple (though never easy): I want the people and organizations I support to not just transform, but to genuinely be better and more capable long after our work together. If this resonates with how you approach building a better future, let's connect.

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Job: Google — Google Cloud, Customer Engineer, Data Analytics - Healthcare & Life Sciences · 2020-12 – 2022-04 — Google Cloud provides a comprehensive suite of infrastructure, data analytics, and AI services designed to help enterprises modernize their technical foundations and scale innovation. By integrating cutting-edge technologies like generative AI into core business processes, the platform enables organizations to solve complex challenges and drive measurable industry-specific outcomes. As a Senior Customer Engineer at Google Cloud I brought technology and people together, helping Google Cloud customers choose the right tools to solve their problems and creating solutions that will help them keep growing. I served as the lead life sciences engineer, demonstrating deep industry and subject matt…
Job: Baylor College of Medicine — Doctoral Research Fellow · 2004-08 – 2012-05 — I have loved science since my first visit to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History at the age of 6. My passion for understanding the both the "How?" and the "Why?" of the natural world changed and evolved over time, but never faded. My tenure as a graduate student at Baylor College of Medicine greatly shaped my analytical skills and my ability to communicate complex technical information in a straightforward manner. I advanced our understanding of Huntington's disease and my dissertation lab's experimental capabilities through: • The design and direction of scientific approach used to address specific questions and experiments within the overall project. I led lab technicians through…
Job: alliantgroup — Associate Consultant, Research and Development · 2015-07 – 2016-11 — alliantgroup is a business consulting firm specializing in state government tax incentives and federal tax credits and is the #1 firm in the nation for the R&D business tax credit. As a relationship builder and consultant, I gained an understanding of various R&D industries, including software, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and others. My regulatory experience, aptitude for relating complex information, and “Let’s figure it out,” approach helped create opportunities for American businesses to develop new innovations.
Job: Slalom — Senior Principal, Google Cloud Data Analytics & Databases · 2022-04 – 2024-03 — As a Senior Principal, I was the primary architect of Slalom’s partnership growth with Google Cloud, specifically within the Data Analytics & Databases solution areas and - with my HCLS industry background, within the vertical domain. I specialized in "greenfield" expansion - re-opening dormant accounts and winning Slalom’s first-on-the-ground engagements through deep technical expertise in genomics and Google’s Data Cloud. By securing early access to emerging technologies like MedGemini (fka Med-PaLM 2) and becoming the first partner to complete the first edition of the "Win Together" campaign (securing $100K in funding), I bridged the gap between cutting-edge data & AI and commercial scal…
Job: Slalom — Consultant, Data & Analytics · 2017-07 – 2020-07
Job: Slalom — Director, Google Cloud Delivery/Technical Pre-Sales Lead, Americas · 2025-03 – 2026-03 — In this expanded capacity, I centralized and formalized the leadership of all Google Cloud delivery and pre-sales operations across the Americas. I was responsible for achieving a high level of portfolio scale, managing a combined sales and revenue portfolio of over $44.5M while maintaining rigorous operational standards and a team utilization of over 76%. I focused on institutionalizing GTM efficiency by building a library of reusable IP, sales assets, and certification pathways necessary for firm-wide growth with Google Cloud. Additionally, I drove cross-functional innovation by opening greenfield accounts in the US and Germany and establishing a new Agentic AI Platform offering. By growi…
Job: Slalom — Senior Director, Google Cloud GTM Specialty Sales Lead, Americas · 2026-03 – present — Slalom is a purpose-driven consulting firm that helps companies solve business problems and build for the future, with solutions spanning business advisory, customer experience, technology, and analytics. Slalom partners with companies to push the boundaries of what’s possible - together. - Directs a multi-disciplinary team of Technical Specialists across AI, Data, App Modernization, and Cloud Migration/Infrastructure to architect the early-stage strategy and execution of high-impact Google Cloud solutions and programs. - Accelerates speed to market by streamlining the technical sales lifecycle, ensuring solution architectures are precisely aligned with both partner and client interests an…
Job: SeqWright Genomic Services GE Healthcare — Scientist & Project Manager, Molecular Biology and Sanger Sequencing · 2012-05 – 2015-07 — SeqWright Genomic Services, a GE Healthcare Life Sciences company under NeoGenomics Laboratories is a contract research organization that provides reliable genomic analysis, DNA sequencing, and molecular biology services in a regulatory environment in compliance with GLP, cGMP, and CLIA standards. This role tested my skills as a relationship builder and consultant in the life sciences research industries. Driving research, clinical and regulated studies for several Fortune 500 companies shaped my project management, problem-solving, and team management skills while providing clients with the scientific expertise and strategic advise necessary to complete a project.
Job: Slalom — Solution Principal, Data & Analytics · 2020-07 – 2020-12 — Slalom is a purpose-driven consulting firm that helps companies solve business problems and build for the future, with solutions spanning business advisory, customer experience, technology, and analytics. Slalom partners with companies to push the boundaries of what’s possible - together. As a data & analytics consultant, I used my knowledge of data strategy, analytic code, and data management to work with project teams to design and build innovative solutions for my clients using Cloud-Native and Modern Data Architecture tools and technologies. I focused on client outcomes and helping our local business partners continue to grow and evolve.
Job: Slalom — Director, Google Cloud Data Analytics & Databases · 2024-03 – 2025-03 — As a Director, I served as a key leadership partner within the Google Cloud practice, continuing to lead our Data & Analytics and Databases sub-capability, while driving operational excellence and strategic alignment across the broader Google Cloud discipline. I focused on scaling team capabilities by optimizing staffing frameworks, leading high-stakes sales pursuits, and providing technical oversight for complex cloud transformations, including a multi-million dollar BigQuery implementation. As a central subject matter expert and mentor, I facilitated cross-functional knowledge sharing and maintained high standards of delivery. During a major leadership transition in late 2024, I assumed e…
Job: Each One Feed One, International — Volunteer Staff · 2016-12 – 2017-03 — Each One Feed One, Intl is a non-profit organization that serves poverty stricken communities in Kenya and India. I partnered with this organization, living and working with the staff and children supported by EOFO in Tharaka-Nithi, Kenya. I developed enhancements to ministry educational and child sponsorship programs to support ongoing improvements to organizational records and archives. My efforts developed the groundwork for a future organizational data management infrastructure.
School: Baylor College of Medicine — Ph.D., Molecular and Human Genetics, Neuroscience
School: University of Miami — Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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