Speakers
Catherine Hawayek, Head of Google Cloud for Games, Google Cloud
Catherine Hawayek is the Head of Google Cloud for Games, where she directs a team focused on empowering leading game companies to develop and deploy their titles at a global scale using Google Cloud's infrastructure. In her role, Catherine is committed to bringing the necessary resources and expertise to her customers to pioneer new experiences and to leverage data and AI to unlock unprecedented player engagement and new developer workflows. With over a decade of experience at Google, Catherine has been instrumental in guiding the digital transformation of major players within the games sector. Her expertise lies in forging strategic, long-term partnerships and leveraging Google's technology to help game developers and publishers innovate and succeed. Catherine lives in Austin, TX with her husband, two children, and their dog Blaze.