Middle management plays an indispensable role in industries like cloud technology, where complexity and scale are constants.
Ravi Malhotra’s decade-long contributions at BlackRock and Google have quietly reshaped how companies manage and store data, empowering teams to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the digital age.
Ravi distinguished himself early on at New York University and was awarded the prestigious Matthew Smosna Award, which laid the foundation for his future career in engineering.
At BlackRock, Ravi led the development of a comprehensive reporting platform that transformed the firm’s ability to process millions of reports annually, which aligned the Investment Book of Record (IBOR) with the Accounting Book of Record (ABOR), creating a central, quality-controlled data warehouse that revolutionized financial data management.
Ravi transitioned to Google Cloud, where he has spent the last several years leading engineering teams responsible for Colossus, Google’s multi-exabyte-scale distributed file system.
His leadership style emphasizes collaboration and empowerment over traditional top-down management, fostering environments where innovation thrives.
Ravi’s vision for the future of cloud technology remains focused on scalability and accessibility, making systems more accessible, smarter, and scalable for businesses of all sizes across every industry.
His work on Colossus and other cutting-edge technologies is poised to shape the future of cloud computing for decades to come.