Kevin Dougherty

Kevin Dougherty

Senior Director of Product | Cloud and Data Platforms | Multi-Cloud: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

Built Teradata's Google Cloud business from zero to its fastest-growing cloud channel

Summary

Product leader with 10 years at Teradata scaling a multi-cloud data platform business across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, including sovereign and regulated environments. Built the Google Cloud business from zero, negotiated multi-year hyperscaler agreements that materially improved platform economics, and led up to 14 direct reports. Earlier, co-founded Singlesnet.com (acquired by Match.com) and was a founding contributor at Ping Identity and Digital ID World. B.S. in Computer Science.

Career highlights

Experience

Teradata

San Diego, CA · –

  1. Senior Director, Product Management

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    Cloud Platforms, Observability & On-Premises Platform

    • Led cloud platform strategy across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud for enterprises including American Airlines, Vodafone, and Elevance Health; the portfolio contributed to $686M public cloud ARR (Q2 FY2026, +8% YoY).
    • Owned product strategy for sovereign and regulated deployments on AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, and Google Distributed Cloud Air-gapped, shaping requirements for GDPR and IRAP compliance.
    • Helped secure $XXM in cloud ARR growth with a major US health insurer and $XM with a major US telecommunications provider by shaping the self-managed Azure roadmap and defining Google Cloud connectivity requirements.
    • Improved platform economics: led PM in Google Cloud negotiations that secured better discounts on Arm-based (C4A) VMs, and defined an Arm node-reduction initiative targeting $XM in 2026 infrastructure savings with no SLA impact.
    • Unified cloud and on-premises platform PM under one leader, aligning roadmaps and customer migration paths.
    • Served as primary PM respondent for the Gartner Magic Quadrant and Forrester Wave; presented to 1,760+ live viewers at the company Products Showcase and briefed 100+ GTM attendees each month.
  2. Director of Product Management

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    Cloud Platform Portfolio: VantageCloud on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud; took over expanded team leadership in June 2024

    • Served on the core negotiating team for a 4-year, $XXXM AWS Private Pricing Agreement; built the spend and consumption models that enabled service-specific discounts and met or exceeded board margin targets.
    • Served on the core negotiating team for a 4-year, $XXXM Google Cloud commercial renewal that improved cost of revenue and delivered $XXM in total term savings.
    • Helped close $XXM in ARR growth with a major US healthcare and pharmacy company, the largest public cloud deployment.
    • Helped win a $XXM TCV deal with a major UK bank, where VPC Service Controls and zone separation were key; a $XM TCV deal with a major Canadian telecommunications provider; and a 3-year, $XXM TCV renewal with a major Canadian retailer.
    • Launched VantageCloud Lake on Google Cloud to GA in June 2024 and landed the first paid customer 11 days later.
    • Built capacity and consumption-based pricing models with Pricing and Finance, aligning costs to customer value.
  3. Cloud Product Management Lead

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    Google Cloud: owned product strategy, commercial terms, the Marketplace channel, and customer adoption

    • Grew Google Cloud from $0 to $XXM ARR in under 12 months, Teradata's fastest-growing cloud channel within 18 months of GA.
    • Closed a 5-year, $XM TCV Marketplace Private Offer with a major Polish telecommunications provider; booked the first consumption-based customer, a major US video game publisher, and the second customer, a major Argentine retailer.
    • Presented Vantage on Google Cloud to approximately 1,000 Google field sellers to drive joint go-to-market.
    • Received the 2020 Winners Circle award for company-wide performance.
  4. Senior Staff Product Manager

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    Cloud Platform Strategy

    • Originated the business case for Teradata's entry into Google Cloud; secured $500K in Google infrastructure credits for a 128-node proof of concept and executed the partnership agreement with Google Alliances.
    • Executed the Google Cloud Master Agreement with a conservative 3-year, $XXM commitment and cost parity with AWS.
    • Led Vantage on Google Cloud through Alpha, Limited Availability, and General Availability; the lighthouse customer, a major Canadian retailer, went live 7 months after the partnership announcement.
    • Helped secure a 3-year, $XXM TCV deal with that retailer and transacted Teradata's first Google Cloud Marketplace Private Offer ($XM ARR); the offering closed $XM in first-year ARR.
  5. Senior Product Manager

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    IntelliCloud Managed Service Platform

    • Drove product for IntelliCloud, Teradata's first cloud managed service, on private cloud, AWS, and Azure.
    • Defined and launched the IntelliCloud Integrated Partner Program, Teradata's first multi-vendor data security ecosystem; gained executive buy-in for the Protegrity integration path, enabling $XM in related revenue.
    • Enabled data security readiness for a major US food and beverage company, opening a $XXM Azure opportunity.
    • Delivered 4 sold-out, hands-on cloud workshops at Teradata Analytics Universe 2018, each with a 40 to 50-person waitlist.

Software Consultant (Independent)

San Diego, CA · –

Independent consulting in product strategy and technical architecture for startup and growth-stage clients.

Director of Engineering, OkCupid Labs

San Francisco, CA · –

IAC-backed product incubator; acquired Singlesnet.com on August 9, 2012.

  • Grew and led a team of 12 frontend, backend, and operations engineers; contributed to product vision and feature planning.
  • Led the design of a new, scalable service-oriented platform for Singlesnet.com and Kiss.com on AWS.
  • Led the migration of 11M member accounts, profiles, subscriptions, and billing data with uninterrupted service.

Director of Software Development, Match.com

Dallas, TX · –

Match.com acquired Singlesnet.com in 2010 and ran it as a separate brand.

  • Led all development for Singlesnet.com with a distributed team of 10+ engineers and designers.
  • Built an A/B testing framework for customer acquisition landing pages and led a site-wide UI and UX redesign.
  • Led PCI DSS Level 2 compliance and anti-fraud strategy to protect customer payment data.

Chief Information Officer, The Hive

Boston, MA · –

Built technology for Singlesnet.com and its remote teams.

  • Managed a fleet of 300+ Linux servers in a Massachusetts data center, with monitoring and escalation procedures.

Co-Founder & Chief Information Officer, Singlesnet.com

Boston, MA · –

Online dating service; acquired by Match.com (IAC) in March 2010.

  • Co-founded it and grew it to 27M+ members, 550K+ daily users, and the #1 most-visited US dating site in 2008 (Hitwise).
  • Built the subscription and payment platform that processed approximately $40M in annual revenue.
  • Negotiated and completed the acquisition by Match.com (IAC) in March 2010.

Chief Systems Architect & Founding Member, Digital ID World

Denver, CO · –

The digital identity industry conference, magazine, and news site; acquired by IDG in 2008.

  • Founding member; built the website, registration, and payment systems.

Founding Contributor, Ping Identity

Denver, CO · –

Provider of online identity management solutions.

  • Built and maintained the key early IT systems, including web servers, email, and DNS.

Core competencies

Technical foundation: B.S. Computer Science; cloud architecture; startup co-founder and CIO.

Education

University of Colorado at Boulder, B.S. Computer Science,

Interests

Avid runner (26 half and full marathons) and hiker.