Sanjay Narang
I am a technology and product engineering executive with a unique dual perspective: I combine the rigor of building massive-scale products and platforms with the strategic insight of an enterprise consultant. Over the last 25+ years, I have built and scaled global engineering teams and led cloud, data, and AI transformations for Fortune 50 enterprises and Global Capability Centers (GCCs).
I focus on bridging the gap between engineering execution and customer value—shaping internal capabilities into robust PaaS products that accelerate business velocity. I am passionate about developing high-performing, purpose-driven teams and strengthening engineering culture through developer experience, platform thinking, and architecture excellence.
At Target, I lead global engineering teams building enterprise platforms for tech data & insights, AI acceleration, developer productivity, SRE, and operational excellence. I co-created Infra Showback, a capability that has optimized millions in cloud and infrastructure spend and won Gold at the Globee Technology Awards.
Previously at EY, I shaped the global multi-cloud strategy and built EY Fabric—a PaaS platform that became one of Azure’s top 5 global consumers. We transformed the engineering culture with modern engineering practices (Agile/DevSecOps/SRE)—earning the DevOps Industry Award. At Microsoft, I pioneered the Cloud Solution Architect and customer engineering model, partnering with Azure engineering and sales to drive early Azure growth, while leading large-scale cloud adoption and modernization initaitives for global CIOs.
In addition to my functional role, I serve as the executive sponsor for the Women’s Belonging Council India (WBCi) ERG at Target, championing diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace. I am also an Advisory Board Member at Reblue Ventures, where I provide strategic technology vision and mentorship to foster innovation.
I enjoy sharing knowledge and helping people realize their full potential, which is why I created this website. Here, I share my thoughts, experiences, and insights to assist others on their journeys. I am also authoring upcoming book “Enterprise Cloud Strategy in the Age of AI.”
Beyond work, I am a meditator, spiritual explorer, productivity enthusiast, and lover of music and Urdu poetry. All views expressed are personal. You can learn more about me and connect with me on my LinkedIn profile.
My Recent Articles
- How Infra Showback Is Shaping Target’s Engineering Culture at Scale [Target Tech Blog]
A practical approach to engineering excellence through tech fundamentals. You can’t improve what you can’t see. And at scale, visibility often gets lost in complexity. Engineering teams everywhere are shipping… Read More »How Infra Showback Is Shaping Target’s Engineering Culture at Scale [Target Tech Blog] - Cross-Cloud, Supercloud, Distributed Cloud – Confused about Multicloud Terms? [LinkedIn]
While multicloud is quite popular in the cloud industry, but there are a few related terms that carry subtle differences, often causing confusion. In this article, I aim to clarify… Read More »Cross-Cloud, Supercloud, Distributed Cloud – Confused about Multicloud Terms? [LinkedIn] - Choosing the right cloud compute option for your organization [LinkedIn]
Compute options are plenty on each hyperscale cloud provider (Refer the above diagram). Cloud providers have provided enough guidance on how to choose most appropriate option (the default generic answer… Read More »Choosing the right cloud compute option for your organization [LinkedIn] - Introducing CORPS: The 5 Pillars for a Robust Cloud Architecture Framework [TheNewStack]
Cost Optimization, Operations Excellence, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Security are the five common pillars that that AWS, Azure and GCP rely on for their robust cloud architecture frameworks. I am introducing… Read More »Introducing CORPS: The 5 Pillars for a Robust Cloud Architecture Framework [TheNewStack] - Take back a few minutes from every hour [LinkedIn]
Take back a few minutes from every hour! We use technology everywhere these days and almost all the time. Optimizing how we use it can save us a few minutes… Read More »Take back a few minutes from every hour [LinkedIn] - The myths (and realities) of cost savings with multicloud [ET CIO]
MultiCloud is here to stay and is slowly becoming inevitable for many organizations. At the same time, it is important to go beyond the hype of the buzzword and understand… Read More »The myths (and realities) of cost savings with multicloud [ET CIO]
My Recent Talks
- Resiliency for Digital Enterprise. How it would be different from BCP/DR? [Panel Discussion @ DSCI]
[This panel discussion happened on 23-Aug-23 in annual “Best Practices Meet” organised by Data Security Council of India (DSCI)] Reliability is the outcome, Resiliency is the way you accomplish that outcome, and (Disaster) Recovery is one of the many practices that you need employ to build resiliency. A simple analogy… Read More »Resiliency for Digital Enterprise. How it would be different from BCP/DR? [Panel Discussion @ DSCI] - Software Builders: Are you ready to reframe your future? [Keynote @ Azure Community Conference]
[This was keynote delivered on 30-Oct-21 for Azure Community Conference 2021] The technology has always been evolving at great speed, and pandemic has fueled its acceleration beyond anyone’s expectation. The digital transformations that organizations were planning to do by 2030 are happening right now. As a software builder (anyone who… Read More »Software Builders: Are you ready to reframe your future? [Keynote @ Azure Community Conference] - Cloud CORPS – What Azure, AWS and GCP rely on as foundation of robust cloud architecture [Azure Community Conference]
[This talk was delivered on 29-Oct-21 for Azure Community Conference 2021] Cloud providers have been innovating at a great speed and continuously releasing new services and features. You have multiple services to do the same thing. A growing list of options is increasing the complexity in designing and architecting a… Read More »Cloud CORPS – What Azure, AWS and GCP rely on as foundation of robust cloud architecture [Azure Community Conference] - So, you wanna be a Cloud Solution Architect?
[This fireside chat was delivered on 2-Oct-21 through social media podcast on LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube] Cloud Solution Architect (CSA), Customer Engineer, Solution Architect, Cloud Architect – Different organizations use different names for this role, which is primarily responsible for ensuring customers’ success with their cloud deployments and investments. Just… Read More »So, you wanna be a Cloud Solution Architect?