Bikash is currently the Vice President of Google Global Infrastructure (GGI). As VP of Global Infrastructure, Bikash oversees the physical infrastructure powering and connecting all of Google’s consumer services, AI services, and Cloud services globally. This team is responsible for the strategy, operations, technology roadmap, delivery, and optimization for Google’s global footprint of datacenters, energy and network infrastructure, across design, power, space, and fleet-wide demand planning. The high performing infrastructure team drives Google’s global energy, location, data center, and network strategy and acquisition. A key objective is to achieve our ambitious net-zero emissions and 24/7 carbon-free energy goal. The networking team designs, develops, and operates Google’s advanced, intent-driven global network, which extends across more than two million miles of lit terrestrial and subsea fiber and over 3,000 edge locations in more than 200 countries and territories. Working alongside them, the capacity and demand planning teams develop and execute the portfolio strategy for our global infrastructure, ensuring adequate power, space, networking, and machine resources to support Google's current and future growth. Prior to this, Bikash was the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Juniper Networks. In this role, Bikash charted Juniper’s technology strategy and led the execution of the company’s critical technology innovations. Specifically, Bikash was responsible for Juniper’s telco cloud and virtualization, multicloud enterprise datacenter and software defined enterprise networking products and technologies. Prior to Juniper, Bikash spent close to ten years at Google, where he was a Distinguished Engineer and the Head of Network Architecture, Engineering and Planning. Prior to Google, Bikash was the CTO of Qstreams Networks, a company he co-founded. He also spent several years at Ciena Corporation in various technical roles developing DWDM and Ethernet technologies. He is an industry-leading expert on network function virtualization, intent driven networking (IDN), multi cloud networking, warehouse-scale computing, and hyperscale network infrastructures. Bikash received a BTech from IIT, India; and MS and PhD degrees from the Clark School at the University of Maryland, all in Electrical & Computer Engineering.