Google Cloud has appointed Jack Ngare to join Google Cloud’s Office of the chief technology officer (CTO) as a technical director. With over fifteen years of experience in various business functions, Ngare joins Google Cloud from Microsoft, where he served as the managing director of the Africa Development Centre in Kenya. Before that, he worked at Finserve Africa as part of Equity Group, where he served as managing director.

Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO (OCTO) is a global team of senior technology experts and former enterprise CTOs whose mission is to foster collaborative innovation between Google Cloud and its largest, most strategic customers. The team works hand-in-hand with customers to address complex business challenges and advise companies as they transform their business with technology.