Ritika Gunnar

Ritika Gunnar is a Data and AI enthusiast and has spent most of her career building products and working with customers to help them drive outcomes with Data and AI. In her role at Google, she’s responsible for Product Management and Product Activation for Databases on Google Cloud.  She’s held numerous executive roles including professional services, sales, product management and development.  She comes to Google from IBM where she was the Vice President for IBM Expert Labs, where she led a team of highly technical experts who work with clients to achieve business results with Data, AI and Automation. Prior to this role, Ritika had numerous Vice President of Product Management roles, including Watson, Data Governance and Integration, and Data Warehouses.

Ritika started her career as a software engineer and held numerous development and product management roles. She holds a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and an Executive Masters in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.  She’s a native Austinite that currently resides in New York with her husband and two children. In her spare time, she loves to hike and spend time in nature.