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Biography
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Douglas Dollars is a Staff Program Manager at Google Cloud, specializing in high-scale technical program management. Since joining in 2016, he has led initiatives to enhance transparent communication of product roadmaps, fostering trust with customers and partners. Douglas has represented Google Cloud in over 100 executive engagements, presenting to CXOs of numerous Fortune Global 500 companies and national government CIO offices. His contributions have earned him more than 50 awards, including recognition from Google’s Global Head of Cloud Sales and the CMO of Google Cloud. Beyond his professional endeavors, Douglas is committed to continuous learning, having completed advanced courses in business model innovation, negotiation mastery, and futurist thinking. Residing in Portland, Oregon, he balances his professional life with personal interests in photography and reading.
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Relevant roles and dates
- Team Manager, GCP Roadmap and Launch Programs, Google Cloud, May 2019 – Present
- Product Roadmap Program Manager, Google Cloud, Apr 2016 – May 2019
- Promotion to Staff Program Manager, Oct 2018
- Senior Program Manager, Google Cloud Platform, Jan 2016 – Apr 2016
My aim is the transparent communication of our product roadmap and solution progress, respecting the trust of our customers and partners, and valuing their success.
I have represented Google Cloud in more than 100 executive engagements, presented to CXOs of dozens of Fortune Global 500 companies, sovereign funds, and CIO offices of at least two national governments. It’s been a joy getting within “punching distance” of empowered decision-makers.
Under my management the program‘s secure audience has scaled through five orders of magnitude, across global staff, global partners, and our most strategic customers. This was achieved through adapting to our customers’ ever-rising need for trust in, and transparency from, their Cloud platform provider.
“a truly amazing effort with superlative results,” and “critical to building Trusted Customer Success!”
Global Head of Cloud Sales, 2016, for my establishing the roadmap program
Awards and Recognition
I have received more than 50 awards for this work, including executive recognition and spot bonuses from each of our Global Head of Cloud Sales, CMO of Google Cloud, and VP of Google Cloud Product Marketing.
Award highlights
- Discussion Leader of the Month, Google Cloud, March 2020
- Top Discussion Leader, Google Cloud, 2019
- Google Cloud Scholar for customer executive presentation, 2018
- 30+ other awards, including recognition from the Technical Director of Google Cloud Office of the CTO (OCTO), Field Sales management, VP of Customer Experience, Partner Development managers, Alliances Partner Managers, and several Strategic Account Executives.
“representing our roadmap, priorities and fielding customer questions, with professionalism and a sense of humor”
VP of Google Cloud Product Marketing
Continuing Education
- Google Leaders on Managing Your Career, Tracy Wilk, 2020
- Building a Better Business Model: The Key to Successful Innovation, Eugene Shteyn, 2020
- Critical Communication Skills in Negotiation, Jessica Notini, 2020
- Negotiation Mastery: Achieving Outstanding Results and Relationships, Jessica Notini, 2020
- How to Think Like a Futurist, Dr. Jane McGonigal, 2019
Coursera
Core Infrastructure, Security
- Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure, 2018
- Reliable Cloud Infrastructure: Design and Process, 2018
- Securing and Integrating Components of your Application, 2018
- Essential Cloud Infrastructure: Core Services, 2018
- Essential Cloud Infrastructure: Foundation, 2018
Application Development
- Getting Started With Application Development, 2018
- App Deployment, Debugging, and Performance, 2018
- Specialization: Developing Applications with Google Cloud Platform, 2018
- Specialization: Architecting with Google Cloud Platform, 2018
Big Data and Data Analysis
- Leveraging Unstructured Data with Cloud Dataproc on Google Cloud Platform, 2018
- Exploring and Preparing your Data with BigQuery, 2018
- Achieving Advanced Insights with BigQuery, 2018
- Serverless Data Analysis with Google BigQuery and Cloud Dataflow, 2018
- Creating New BigQuery Datasets and Visualizing Insights, 2018
- Building Resilient Streaming Systems on Google Cloud Platform, 2018
Machine Learning
- How Google does Machine Learning, 2018
- Launching into Machine Learning, 2018
- Google Cloud Platform Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals, 2018
- Applying Machine Learning to your Data with GCP, 2018
- Serverless Machine Learning with Tensorflow on Google Cloud Platform, 2018
Kubernetes and Hybrid Cloud
- Getting Started with Google Kubernetes Engine, 2018
- Elastic Cloud Infrastructure: Containers and Services, 2018
- Elastic Cloud Infrastructure: Scaling and Automation, 2018
Professional / Personal Interest
- Google Cloud Product Sales Fundamentals, 2016-2020 yearly.
- In my opinion, credibility in those speaking about product is essential.
- Canadian Boating License / Pleasure Craft Operator’s Card, 2013- (lifetime certification)
Professional and Volunteer Service
- Judge, Digital Alberta Ember Awards, 2017-
- Volunteer coordination, ongoing participation, Sunnyvale Community Services, 2017-
- Partnerships Director and Co-Organizer, CreativeMornings Edmonton, 2014, 2015
I am happy to provide a current CV, resume, headshot, or bio upon request. I can also be found on LinkedIn.