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Capgemini at Google Cloud Next 2026 

April 22–24, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

Intelligence made real

We are celebrating another great Google Cloud Next event. As a Luminary sponsor, we showcased thought leadership panels, executive roundtables, client sessions, networking events, and more. Together with Google Cloud, we highlighted how we are making intelligence real for our clients.

Highlights from this year’s event included:

  • Hosting multiple panel and executive discussions at Capgemini Client Experience at Orla restaurant.
  • Taking the stage with clients like CenterPoint Energy, McDonald’s, Morgan Stanley, and HSBC Bank, to showcase solutions that make a real business impact.

Live Realities Remixed podcast recordings with a range of experts from Google Cloud.

Make it real with Capgemini and Google Cloud.

Stories that inspire

At GCN’26, we showcased intelligence made real with our clients.

CenterPoint Energy – Scale AI that your workforce will actually use (Spotlight)

How do you move enterprise AI from pilots to real impact?

CenterPoint Energy shared how it built Helix, a platform that embeds AI directly into existing business logic, driving over 73% active engagement. Helix showed how connecting intelligence to everyday workflows unlocks relevance, adoption, and measurable value.

Speakers:

  • Daniel Sumners, Head of Data Platforms & Engineering ,CenterPoint Energy
  • Casey McNamara, VP, Head of Data/AI, Capgemini Invent
  • Akram Al Ganad, Director Intelligent Industry, Capgemini Invent

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How to scale AI beyond experimentation?

Cox focused on a few high value domains starting with the contact center. Targeted generative AI pilots quickly proved value and evolved into a full contact center transformation. Cox aligned teams, amplified what worked, and turned AI innovation into measurable business outcomes.

Speaker :

  • Danielle Kimmel, Vice President of Data Strategy, Digital & Customer Experience Technologies, Cox Communication
  • Jennifer Marchand, Google Cloud Center of Excellence Go-To-Market Lead, Capgemini
  • Gabriel Tinti, VP, Head of Southeast Region, Capgemini

This session shared how McDonald’s is using the edge to gain a competitive advantage.

What does it take to run a more autonomous, resilient restaurant network?

McDonald’s shares how edge computing moves decision‑making closer to each restaurant, enabling faster responses, greater agility, and consistent operations across thousands of locations.

Speakers:

  • Ross Goodfellow, VP Infrastructure and Operations, McDonald’s
  • Thenveer Manzil, Senior Director, Edge Platform Delivery, McDonald’s
  • Michael Nieves, EVP, Cloud Center of Excellence Leader, Capgemini
  • John O’Reilly, Director of Food, Drug, and CPG, Google Cloud

This session shared how HSBC deployed the AI-powered HSBC ContentCraft and a set of agents that collaborate on key metrics and targeted messaging – unlocking new growth.

Speakers:

  • Jia Hao Teo, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, IWPB, HSBC Bank
  • James Taylor, Head of Data and MarTech Platforms, HSBC Bank
  • Arindam Choudhury, EVP & Global Head, Financial Services, Insights & Data, Capgemin
  • Chandramouli Venkatesan, Global Head of Digital Customer Experience, Financial Services, Capgemini

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This session shared how Morgan Stanley’s cloud platform strategy removed friction and enabled developers to quickly set up what they need through a self-service framework.

Speakers:

  • David Leach, Google Cloud Platform Engineering Lead, Morgan Stanley
  • Dan Wolff, Global Head of Google Cloud CoE, Financial Service, Capgemini

This session shared how Tropical Smoothie Cafe and Capgemini are building a new AI‑driven QSR operating system on Google Cloud – designed for simpler operations, faster support, and digital tools that help franchisees scale without adding headcount.

​Speakers:

  • Ganjar Imansantosa, CISO, VP Technology Operations, Tropical Smoothie Café
  • Jennifer Marchand, Google Cloud Center of Excellence Go-To-Market Lead, Capgemini​​​

This session demonstrated how Conversational Analytics agents let you unleash the value of your modern petabyte-scale data stack including BigQuery, Dataplex, and the Looker semantic layer.

Speakers:

  • Sudhir Kumar Reddy, Group CIO Capgemini
  • Richard Kuzma- Group Product Manager, Google Cloud
  • Marc Wollnik- Outbound Product Manager, Google Cloud

Capgemini panel sessions at Orla at Google Cloud Next’26

Our panel sessions focused on how Capgemini and Google Cloud make intelligence real, covering a wide range of topics and how they deliver real outcomes.

During our Women in Tech panel, female leaders discussed what responsible AI actually looks like, how complexity defines leadership, and how to move women into more architect roles in the AI era.

Panelists:

  • Isabel Niu, VP, Enterprise Architecture & Innovation, Costco
  • Shivani Agarwal, Vice President, Infrastructure & Digital Workplace, McLane Company
  • Priyanka Chowdhary, Product Manager, Applied AI, Google Cloud
  • Jen Hoskins, Startup Global Head of Partnership & Cloud, NVIDIA
  • Meg Nair, CMO Financial Services, Capgemini

Host: Jennifer Marchand, Google Cloud CoE GTM leader, Capgemini

This session exposed how modern identity failures actually happen through real, pressure-tested scenarios, and explored a practical path from reactive detection to secure-by-design operations that assume compromise from the start.

Speakers:

  • Tejveer Kalsi, Vice President, Americas & Strategic Accounts, Cloud4C
  • Sandeep Kalra, Executive Vice President, GCP Global Alliances, Cloud 4C

This session with McDonald’s discussed the real work of cloud transformation: running a global business on a new platform while the journey is still in motion.

Panelists:

  • Sandro Seminara, Head of Cloud Platforms, McDonald’s
  • KC Rakam, Sr Director, Data & AI and Operations, McDonald’s
  • Vamshi Komuravalli, Sr. Director of Engineering, Ordering, McDonald’s

Host: Mike Nieves, EVP, COE Leader Americas, Capgemini

This panel discussed how Verizon migrated more than 5,000 production APIs from E2E Apigee OPDK to Apigee Hybrid in just nine months with zero business impact.

Host:

  • Mohan Murugesan, VP Capgemini

Panelist:

  • Mayank Chandra Google Sub Practice Leader NA (Cloud and Customer Apps), Capgemini
  • Muthukumar Retnasamy, Sr. Director, Verizon Implementation Partner

This session explored how organizations can architect agentic ecosystems that balance autonomy with governance, leverage partnerships across the AI stack, and deliver real‑world outcomes at scale.

Speakers:

Capgemini and Google Cloud immersive demos

ODIN – Robotics​

ODIN is a humanoid robot that combines Natural Language Models and real-time perception via computer vision to autonomously sort objects.

Agentic Commerce ​

Agentic Commerce turns intent into a complete AI-mediated purchase journey. Customers speak, and the Gemini agent manages the entire purchasing journey.

Orchestrate AI​

Orchestrate AI is an industry-first platform designed to accelerate financial services enterprise transformation through agentic AI – empowering firms to reduce costs, improve productivity, and open new pathways to innovation.

​Warehouse Fulfilment​

This solution applies AI-powered computer vision to guide pallet picking in real time, improving order accuracy, faster validation, fewer claims, and a more reliable, scalable fulfillment operation.​

X-Verse​

X-Verse redefines how industries design, validate, and deploy complex cyber-physical systems by delivering a universal virtualization platform that integrates digital twins and enables shift-left development.

Realities Remixed podcasts 

The Realities Remixed podcast recorded live in the Capgemini Client Experience at Orla. Industry experts from Google Cloud joined our hosts to explore the latest industry topics, trends, and what’s ahead in 2026.

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RRLIVE06: Team reflections on Google Cloud Next 2026

RRLIVE05: Google Cloud Next 2026, Engineering with AI with Cliff Krimmel, Google Cloud

RRLIVE04: Google Cloud Next 2026, The Rise of Creative AI with Khulan Davaajav, Google Cloud

RRLIVE03: Google Cloud Next 2026, Accelerating Agentic Journeys with Gina Fratarcangeli, Google C…

RRLIVE02: Google Cloud Next 2026, Optionality is the new sovereignty with Dominic Cody, Google Cloud

RRLIVE01: Google Cloud Next 2026, The rise of Agentic commerce with Mark Steel, Google Cloud

News

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      Capgemini & Google Cloud: Intelligence at the core of your business

      Download this lookbook to explore how together with Google Cloud we drive data-centric innovation and AI-powered transformation.

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      Expert perspectives

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      Living in an agentic world with Gemini-powered AI agents 

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      Agentic AI in action: Lessons from the Capgemini and Google Cloud hackathon 

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      Harnessing AI for enhanced customer experience and software engineering 

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      Meet our experts

      Herschel Parikh

      Herschel Parikh

      Global Google Cloud Partner Executive
      Herschel is Capgemini’s Global Google Cloud Partner Executive. He has over 12 years’ experience in partner management, sales strategy & operations, and business transformation consulting.
      Franco Amalfi

      Franco Amalfi

      Director, Sustainability Strategic Initiatives and Partners – Americas
      Accomplished professional with extensive experience, spanning sustainability, strategy definition, value selling, management consulting, software development, software implementation, and business development. Experienced in multiple industries; have worked with consumer products, financial services, government, telecommunications, high-technology, pharmaceutical and retail companies.
      Jennifer Marchand

      Jennifer Marchand

      Enterprise Architect Director and GCP CoE Leader, Capgemini/Americas
      Jennifer leads the Google Cloud COE for Capgemini Americas, with a focus on solutions and investments for the CPRS, TMT, and MALS MUs, and supporting pre-sales across all MUs. She has been with Capgemini for 18 years focusing on cloud transformation since 2015. She works closely with accounts to bring solutions to our clients around GenAI, AI/ML on VertexAI and Cortex, Data Estate Modernization on Big Query, SAP on Google Cloud, Application Modernization & Edge, and Call Center Transformation and Conversational AI. She leverages the broader Capgemini ecosystem across AIE, Invent, ER&D, I&D, C&CA, and CIS to shape cloud and transformation programs focusing on business outcomes.
      Chris Corso

      Chris Corso

      Sr. Solution Architect
      Chris is a member of the Cloud and Custom Applications team for Capgemini with a focus on Google Cloud. He has more than 20 years of experience across a broad range of industries and functions, helping clients increase their IT agility and leverage technology to transform their business.
      DanielWolff

      Daniel Wolff

      Financial Services – Global Head Google Cloud CoE
      Daniel leads the Global Google Cloud Platform Center of Excellence. He is a senior technology executive known for accelerating sustainable company growth within financial services. He focuses on unlocking new opportunities for improved competitive advantage, cost containment, process re-engineering, and business agility.
      Hemank Lowe

      Hemank Lowe

      Senior Director – Global Google Cloud Sub Practice Leader for Cloud and Custom Applications
      Hemank is an experienced cloud expert with over 5 years in Google Cloud architecture, Generative AI, and data analytics, holding three Google certifications (Cloud Architect, Data Engineer, Cloud Digital Leader) and a Master’s in Computer Applications. With 22+ years of diverse industry experience, excels in delivering Enterprise architecture solutions on the Google Cloud Platform and advocating for technology in business transformations.
      Rachel Belmonte

      Rachel Belmonte

      Head of Google Cloud Uk
      Experienced Regional Head of Delivery with 13+ years extensive experience in IT Programme Delivery Management, primarily in Cloud and Digital Transformation. Led cross-functional teams of 80+ people. Proven record of operational excellence, customer and business relationship management, delivery management, employee development with strong commercial and business acumen.
      Rob Kernahan

      Rob Kernahan

      Chief Architect for Cloud and a Global SME on Cloud Technology, Data and IT Operating Models
      Rob is a member of the Capgemini CTO group as UK Chief Architect for Cloud and a Global SME on Cloud Technology, Data and IT Operating Models. Rob has over 20 years’ experience in Architecture and Delivery across a variety of sectors. Over the years he has led large transformational initiatives and has combined technology and people to create powerful outcomes.
      Lauren Kenner

      Lauren Kenner

      Google Partner Development Executive
      As a Google Partner Development Executive at Capgemini, I lead strategic growth and joint go-to-market efforts across the Google Cloud portfolio, aligning Google’s strengths with Capgemini’s expertise to drive client impact and market expansion. I work closely with Google teams and Capgemini stakeholders to enhance partner alignment, deepen client relationships, and create scalable solutions for measurable results. Holding a BFA from the University of Michigan, I apply a creative, human-centered approach to my work. Additionally, I’m committed to fostering culture and community through initiatives like Welcome Wednesdays and leading Capgemini’s HOLA ERG.
      Geoffroy-Pajot

      Geoffroy Pajot

      Vice-President and Chief Technology and Capability leader for the global Google partnership
      Geoffroy brings over 20 years of distinguished experience in Business and Technology transformation, with a strategic emphasis on global partnership development to drive sustainable growth. Currently, he leads the cloud and custom app Google Cloud practice and oversees pivotal initiatives, including the Google Cloud Generative AI Center of Excellence. His expertise centers on advancing data & AI business transformation and innovation while enhancing group-wide Google Cloud capabilities. Beyond his professional commitments, Geoffroy is passionate about wellness and athletic pursuit.

        FAQs

        What is Google Cloud Next? 

        Google Cloud Next is Google Cloud’s flagship global conference, bringing together cloud practitioners, business leaders, developers, and technology innovators. The event showcases Google Cloud’s latest product announcements, AI advancements, technical sessions, customer success stories, hands-on learning labs, and partner-led innovations. It’s where organizations come to explore how cloud, data, and AI technologies can drive meaningful business transformation.

        You can find us in a few key areas: executive meeting suite #1701 on the expo floor, our luminary sponsor session floor, and at the Capgemini Client Experience at Orla restaurant.

        Orla is our dedicated off‑site experience space featuring roundtables, industry panels, immersive demos, and recordings of the Realities Remixed podcast — creating a premium environment to explore innovation.

        Orla is located inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, at 3950 S Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada. The restaurant is easily accessible from within the Mandalay Bay complex and is a short walk from nearby conference and event spaces.