Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis

As CTO, Paul Lewis drives Pythian’s technology strategy, helping customers leverage and scale their data and cloud assets to deliver valuable business outcomes throughout their digital transformation journey. In addition, Paul steers technical innovations that continue to expand partner relationships. As a 25+ year global CTO and technology executive, Paul is well-known in the industry for his impassioned technology evangelism, client executive advocacy, and technological and business strategy, particularly as it relates to digital transformation and operational IT strategy.

Featured blog posts

Pythian wins Atlassian’s AI and Innovation Leaders Award

Pythian wins Atlassian’s AI and Innovation Leaders Award

We are proud to announce that Pythian has been officially recognized at

Google AI & Nvidia: The Three Operating Planes of AI & The Invisible Force Connecting Them

Google AI & Nvidia: The Three Operating Planes of AI & The Invisible Force Connecting Them

Why “AI Gravity” determines where Google and NVIDIA win

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Manufacturing the future: How Sanmina is scaling AI

Manufacturing the future: How Sanmina is scaling AI

In the world of high-tech manufacturing, complexity isn't just a challenge—it’s the baseline. For Sanmina, a ...

The Retail Revolution: How Wayfair is using AI to shape the future of online furniture shopping
At Google Cloud Next, Paul Lewis, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Pythian and Matt Ferrari, Lead of Platforms, Wayfair explored how one of the world’s largest homegoods retailers moved from legacy gridlock to AI-driven agility.

The Retail Revolution: How Wayfair is using AI to shape the future of online furniture shopping

The retail landscape is no longer just about having the best product on the shelf; it’s about having governed ...

Beyond the cart: How AI is transforming grocery store operations
Schnucks, a fourth-generation family-owned grocer, discussed with us at Google Cloud Next 2026 how a strategic shift toward AI and automation is empowering their multigenerational workforce.

Beyond the cart: How AI is transforming grocery store operations

The grocery industry has long been defined by razor-thin margins and intense manual labor. From the ...

From AI implementation to impact: Mastering enterprise AI in the modern workplace
Prioritizing AI architectural replaceability in the enterprise | Paul Lewis, CTO, Pythian joins SiliconANGLE and The Cube

From AI implementation to impact: Mastering enterprise AI in the modern workplace

The dust has finally settled on Google Cloud Next 26, and if there is one definitive takeaway, it is this: the ...

The Definitive Definition of Production AI: Moving from Pilot to ROI

The Definitive Definition of Production AI: Moving from Pilot to ROI

What is Production AI? Moving Beyond the Pilot

“Production ...

The IT Emergency Room: Why Incident Management is the Heartbeat of Your Business

The IT Emergency Room: Why Incident Management is the Heartbeat of Your Business

In the world of technology, we often celebrate the "builders"—the architects designing new systems and the ...

The CIO’s Mandate: Blinking Lights, Business Models, and AI for IT

The CIO’s Mandate: Blinking Lights, Business Models, and AI for IT

Modern business survival requires that leaders fundamentally understand IT. It is no longer enough for IT to simply ...

Is Your Business AI-Ready?

Is Your Business AI-Ready?

Technology doesn't wait. With the tech landscape moving so quickly, "keeping up" simply isn't enough.

Google Cloud Next 2025 Announcement on AI Agents

Google Cloud Next 2025 Announcement on AI Agents

Google Cloud Next 2025 has come and gone, in a matter of a week. 

The Value of AI Enterprise Search

The Value of AI Enterprise Search

Boost employee productivity, drive AI adoption: The Google Cloud Agentspace ...

5 Keys to Success for Replatforming in Google Cloud

5 Keys to Success for Replatforming in Google Cloud

Replatforming is a crucial step for modernizing applications and infrastructure. This cloud migration strategy ...

Unfolding Excellence: Best Practices for Migrating Your On-Premises Data Warehouse to Google Cloud’s BigQuery

Unfolding Excellence: Best Practices for Migrating Your On-Premises Data Warehouse to Google Cloud’s BigQuery

If you have big data, then you need big storage. And if you want to leverage that big data, then you’ll need to ...

Unlock the Power of Google Cloud: Why It’s Time to Get Off Traditional Databases

Unlock the Power of Google Cloud: Why It’s Time to Get Off Traditional Databases

Is it time to finally move off your traditional database and into the cloud? Many traditional environments are ...

Overcoming Common Challenges in Migrating Traditional Databases to Google Cloud

Overcoming Common Challenges in Migrating Traditional Databases to Google Cloud

If you’re looking to support digital transformation, futureproof your business with the latest technology and ...

Top 10 Benefits of Migrating Your Traditional Databases to Google Cloud

Top 10 Benefits of Migrating Your Traditional Databases to Google Cloud

Migrating traditional databases isn’t just about saving money and scaling resources. It’s about evolving your ...

How Gemini for Databases Can Optimize Performance with Generative AI

How Gemini for Databases Can Optimize Performance with Generative AI

Generative AI isn’t just for composing emails and creating presentations; the power of AI is also coming to ...

The DBA’s Future Role in Driving Digital Transformation

The DBA’s Future Role in Driving Digital Transformation

The CTO's decision to drive digital transformation forward will impact the role of the DBA. The role of the DBA is ...

My Top 10 to Tune In To at Google Cloud Next 21

My Top 10 to Tune In To at Google Cloud Next 21

Are you a developer ...

How to Migrate VMware to Google Cloud

How to Migrate VMware to Google Cloud

If you’re planning to migrate VM workloads from your data center to

Featured News

Pythian Leaders Recognized on CRN’s 2026 Women of the Channel List

Pythian Leaders Recognized on CRN’s 2026 Women of the Channel List

Pythian News Published : May 5, 2026 1 min read
Pythian and Three of Its Leaders Named Finalists for the 2025 CRN Women of the Year Awards

Pythian and Three of Its Leaders Named Finalists for the 2025 CRN Women of the Year Awards

Pythian News Published : Sep 24, 2025 2 min read
Pythian India Earns “Great Place to Work” Certification for Fourth Consecutive Year

Pythian India Earns “Great Place to Work” Certification for Fourth Consecutive Year

Pythian News Published : Oct 8, 2025 3 min read
Pythian’s Vanessa Simmons and Donna Williston Again Named to CRN’s 2025 Women of the Channel List

Pythian’s Vanessa Simmons and Donna Williston Again Named to CRN’s 2025 Women of the Channel List

Pythian News Published : May 12, 2025 1 min read
Pythian Positioned as Oracle Database @ Google Cloud Leader with Acquisition of Rittman Mead

Pythian Positioned as Oracle Database @ Google Cloud Leader with Acquisition of Rittman Mead

Pythian News Published : Apr 21, 2025 3 min read
Pythian Doubles Down on AI-Readiness, Expanding AI Practice with Valuable Services and Expertise

Pythian Doubles Down on AI-Readiness, Expanding AI Practice with Valuable Services and Expertise

Pythian News Published : Apr 15, 2025 2 min read
Pythian Launches Agentspace QuickStart

Pythian Launches Agentspace QuickStart

Pythian News Published : Apr 8, 2025 3 min read
Pythian Wins 2025 Google Cloud Databases Partner of the Year for North America

Pythian Wins 2025 Google Cloud Databases Partner of the Year for North America

Pythian News Published : Apr 4, 2025 3 min read
Pythian and GigaOm Announce AI Partnership

Pythian and GigaOm Announce AI Partnership

Pythian News Published : Apr 1, 2025 2 min read
Pythian Named Top Employer in Canada's National Capital Region for 2025

Pythian Named Top Employer in Canada's National Capital Region for 2025

Pythian News Published : Mar 7, 2025 2 min read
Pythian Welcomes Shawn Gandhi as Senior Vice President, Customer Engineering, and Country Managing Director for Canada

Pythian Welcomes Shawn Gandhi as Senior Vice President, Customer Engineering, and Country Managing Director for Canada

Pythian News Published : Jan 23, 2025 1 min read
Pythian Announces New Oracle Database@Google Cloud Migration Services

Pythian Announces New Oracle Database@Google Cloud Migration Services

Pythian News Published : Sep 5, 2024 2 min read
Pythian India Earns “Great Place to Work” Certification for Third Consecutive Year

Pythian India Earns “Great Place to Work” Certification for Third Consecutive Year

Pythian News Published : Aug 12, 2024 1 min read
Pythian Recognized on CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 List and DBTA’s 100 Companies That Matter Most in Data for 2024

Pythian Recognized on CRN’s 2024 Solution Provider 500 List and DBTA’s 100 Companies That Matter Most in Data for 2024

Pythian News Published : Jun 25, 2024 2 min read
Pythian Welcomes Brooks Borcherding as Chief Executive Officer

Pythian Welcomes Brooks Borcherding as Chief Executive Officer

Pythian News Published : Jun 11, 2024 2 min read
Pythian’s Vanessa Simmons and Donna Williston Honored by CRN on 2024 Women of the Channel Lists

Pythian’s Vanessa Simmons and Donna Williston Honored by CRN on 2024 Women of the Channel Lists

Pythian News Published : May 13, 2024 2 min read
Pythian Recognized as a Top Employer in Canada’s National Capital Region in 2024

Pythian Recognized as a Top Employer in Canada’s National Capital Region in 2024

Pythian Marketing Published : Feb 20, 2024 2 min read
Pythian Announces Generative AI Strategy and Offerings to Accelerate Enterprise Innovation

Pythian Announces Generative AI Strategy and Offerings to Accelerate Enterprise Innovation

Pythian Marketing Published : Aug 23, 2023 2 min read
CRN Names Pythian’s Vanessa Simmons a 2023 Women of the Channel Power 80 Solution Provider

CRN Names Pythian’s Vanessa Simmons a 2023 Women of the Channel Power 80 Solution Provider

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Award-Winning Marketing Veteran Christina O’Reilly Joins Pythian Services as Senior Vice President, Marketing

Award-Winning Marketing Veteran Christina O’Reilly Joins Pythian Services as Senior Vice President, Marketing

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Makes Database Trends and Applications’ List of Trendsetting Solution Providers for 2023

Pythian Makes Database Trends and Applications’ List of Trendsetting Solution Providers for 2023

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Celebrates 25 Years of Enterprise Data, Analytics, and Cloud Success

Pythian Celebrates 25 Years of Enterprise Data, Analytics, and Cloud Success

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 3 min read
Pythian India Achieves “Great Place to Work” Certification After Building High-Trust, High-Performance Culture

Pythian India Achieves “Great Place to Work” Certification After Building High-Trust, High-Performance Culture

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Named One of ‘The Companies That Matter Most in Data’ by Database Trends and Applications Magazine

Pythian Named One of ‘The Companies That Matter Most in Data’ by Database Trends and Applications Magazine

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 1 min read
Vanessa Simmons from Pythian Named on CRN’s 2022 Women of the Channel Power 70 Solution Providers List

Vanessa Simmons from Pythian Named on CRN’s 2022 Women of the Channel Power 70 Solution Providers List

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 3 min read
Pythian Named Partner in Launch of Google Cloud Cortex Framework

Pythian Named Partner in Launch of Google Cloud Cortex Framework

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian’s SAP Services Practice Grows by 300 Percent in 2021

Pythian’s SAP Services Practice Grows by 300 Percent in 2021

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Renews Google Cloud Infrastructure Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Renews Google Cloud Infrastructure Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Services Recognized on CRN’s 2022 MSP 500 List

Pythian Services Recognized on CRN’s 2022 MSP 500 List

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Renews Machine Learning Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Renews Machine Learning Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Sets Company Record with Over 100 New Customers in 2021

Pythian Sets Company Record with Over 100 New Customers in 2021

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian’s CTO Paul Lewis Featured Commentary Published by InformationWeek

Pythian’s CTO Paul Lewis Featured Commentary Published by InformationWeek

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 4 min read
How to Modernize Backup Without Breaking the Bank

How to Modernize Backup Without Breaking the Bank

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 3 min read
Pythian Launches FinOps Managed Services

Pythian Launches FinOps Managed Services

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Acquires SAP MSP Partner ManageServe

Pythian Acquires SAP MSP Partner ManageServe

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Taps Seasoned Cloud and Data Expert Paul Lewis as CTO

Pythian Taps Seasoned Cloud and Data Expert Paul Lewis as CTO

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Achieves Managed Services Provider Status In the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Achieves Managed Services Provider Status In the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Keith Angell: Accelerating Enterprise Growth With Data And Analytics Through Remarkable Leadership

Keith Angell: Accelerating Enterprise Growth With Data And Analytics Through Remarkable Leadership

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 3 min read
Pythian Achieves the Data Management Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Achieves the Data Management Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Advantage Program

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Adds Snowflake Data Cloud Services Suite

Pythian Adds Snowflake Data Cloud Services Suite

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
New CEO Keith Angell: Pythian Services A ‘Golden Nugget’

New CEO Keith Angell: Pythian Services A ‘Golden Nugget’

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 5 min read
Pythian Appoints Keith Angell As CEO

Pythian Appoints Keith Angell As CEO

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Services Acquires Google Cloud Premier Partner Agosto

Pythian Services Acquires Google Cloud Premier Partner Agosto

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 3 min read
Pythian Announces Support For AWS Outposts As A Launch Partner

Pythian Announces Support For AWS Outposts As A Launch Partner

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian Wins 2018 Google Cloud Data Analytics Partner of the Year Award

Pythian Wins 2018 Google Cloud Data Analytics Partner of the Year Award

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian achieves Machine Learning Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Specialization Program

Pythian achieves Machine Learning Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Specialization Program

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian achieves Cloud Migration Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Specialization Program

Pythian achieves Cloud Migration Partner Specialization in the Google Cloud Partner Specialization Program

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian achieves Google Cloud Platform Partner Specialization In Infrastructure

Pythian achieves Google Cloud Platform Partner Specialization In Infrastructure

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian recognized as the winner of the Microsoft Canada Application Innovation IMPACT Award

Pythian recognized as the winner of the Microsoft Canada Application Innovation IMPACT Award

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 3 min read
Pythian’s Vice President of Business Development recognized as one of CRN’s 2018 Women of the Channel

Pythian’s Vice President of Business Development recognized as one of CRN’s 2018 Women of the Channel

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 3 min read
Pythian recognized as a leader on the 2017 IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 List

Pythian recognized as a leader on the 2017 IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 List

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
BBM Messenger selects Pythian for major Google Cloud Platform migration

BBM Messenger selects Pythian for major Google Cloud Platform migration

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 3 min read
Pythian launches Analytics as a Service offering

Pythian launches Analytics as a Service offering

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian named one of Canada’s top employers for the fourth consecutive year

Pythian named one of Canada’s top employers for the fourth consecutive year

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 1 min read
Pythian achieves Google Cloud Premier Partner status

Pythian achieves Google Cloud Premier Partner status

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Rapid sales growth drives European expansion for Pythian

Rapid sales growth drives European expansion for Pythian

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian announces new Board of Directors

Pythian announces new Board of Directors

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 1 min read
Pythian now offers Google BigQuery services to its enterprise customers

Pythian now offers Google BigQuery services to its enterprise customers

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian named one of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies on the PROFIT 500

Pythian named one of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies on the PROFIT 500

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian named Global Outsourcing 100® Rising Star for 2016

Pythian named Global Outsourcing 100® Rising Star for 2016

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian achieves Amazon Web Services Migration Competency

Pythian achieves Amazon Web Services Migration Competency

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian achieves Amazon Web Services Partner Network DevOps Competency

Pythian achieves Amazon Web Services Partner Network DevOps Competency

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read
Pythian’s new Apache Cassandra & DataStax services

Pythian’s new Apache Cassandra & DataStax services

Pythian Marketing Published : Jun 21, 2023 2 min read

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