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About Jaroslav

Technical Director · Agentic AI & Cloud Platforms · Google Developer Expert

I help enterprises move from AI MVPs to production-grade agentic systems: well-governed, secure, repeatable, and at scale.

With over 20 years in technology, I specialise in bridging deep engineering expertise with commercial strategy to help enterprises adopt cloud platforms, AI, and agentic solutions at scale. I lead Google Cloud portfolio initiatives, combining technical pre-sales, applied AI solution design, and delivery leadership to shape large transformation programmes across energy, utilities, public sector, and financial services.

Recently my focus has been AI and multi-agent architectures: co-designing solution accelerators, influencing a multi-million-dollar opportunity pipeline, shaping partner-aligned GTMs and SOWs with Google, and advising C-level stakeholders on AI readiness, architecture, and value realisation.

Recognised as a Google Developer Expert and author of Building the Agentic Enterprise on Google Cloud (Packt), I bring hands-on capability in designing, validating, and operationalising advanced AI systems: ADK, Gemini Enterprise, hybrid cloud platforms. This is paired with strong commercial judgement and a track record in steering pre-sales cycles, defining SOWs, presenting AI strategy at executive level, and driving measurable customer adoption outcomes.

I enjoy operating at the intersection of engineering authority, strategic consulting, and revenue growth — helping organisations understand what "good" looks like, de-risk cloud and AI investments, and accelerate value creation through scalable, enterprise-grade agentic solutions.

Credentials

Google Developer Expert — AI/ML 2025 — 2026Google Cloud Champion Innovator 2023/24 & 2024/25Google ADK Contributor Open sourceFounder — Google Cloud Community of Practice 300+ members across EMEA
  • Professional Cloud Architect · Google Cloudvalid to 2028-07
  • Generative AI Leader · Google Cloudvalid to 2028-07
  • Professional Cloud Developer · Google Cloudvalid to 2026-11
  • Cloud Digital Leader · Google Cloudvalid to 2027-06
  • Data Engineering Essentials · Courserano expiry
  • Oxford Fintech Programme · Saïd Business School, University of Oxfordno expiry

Cloud certifications lapse on a two-year cycle; the full lifetime record is on Credly.

Career

2023 — Present

Technical Director — Google Cloud AI & Agentic SolutionsCognizant

Leads Google Cloud AI and agentic-solutions delivery and the internal practice community. Architects multi-agent platforms on governed cloud foundations, and advises C-level stakeholders on AI readiness and value realisation.

2019 — 2023

Google Cloud Practice LeadContino

Built and led the Google Cloud practice — go-to-market, alliance management, and engineering community. Delivered container-platform and service-mesh programmes for financial services, public sector, and enterprise clients.

2017 — 2019

Senior Platform Engineerloveholidays

Joined a small infrastructure team at a high-growth travel business to run cloud-native engineering — GKE migration, Helm-based deployment automation, and a release cadence measured in dozens per day.

2007 — 2017

Senior DevOps EngineerSky

A decade in the operational trenches of a media enterprise — VMware data-centre design, DevOps adoption, and test automation at a scale where mistakes are expensive and visible.

Education

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