Customer Engineer at Google
New York, United States
Goldy Arora
Council Member
Goldy Arora is a Customer Engineer at Google with over 17 years of experience specializing in Google Workspace architecture, identity management, and cloud security across enterprise, healthcare, and public sector environments. Based in the New York City metropolitan area, he helps businesses transform their workplaces with innovative Google Cloud technologies, facilitating proof-of-concepts and solution briefings to streamline customer adoption and resolve complex technical objections.
At Google (June 2019 - Present), Goldy serves as Customer Engineer with a primary focus on Google Workspace and Cloud Identity, currently specializing in Google Public Sector since August 2024. His role is to help businesses understand and visualize how Google Workspace and Google Cloud Identity can transform their workplace operations.
His specialization in Identity and Security was further deepened during an 18-month period (January 2023 - August 2024) as Customer Engineer specializing in GCP Security, providing expert guidance on critical security solutions such as Security Command Center (CSPM) and BeyondCorp Zero Trust architecture. He delivers technical deep-dive sessions on Zero Trust, Security Command Center, and Google Workspace as a noted Influential Presenter within Google. His work was highlighted on the official Google website in connection with a Google Maps-based solution, and he served as Keynote Speaker at the Princeton Cyber Security Conference as a subject matter expert in Identity and Zero Trust.
His most substantial contributions are through the creation of widely adopted, scalable software directly supporting the Google Workspace ecosystem. He created Ok Goldy, a free Google Add-on that helps over 21 million businesses streamline identity management and bulk manage user operations in Google Cloud, enabling administrators to manage users, groups, and members directly from Google Sheets. He developed Classright, a free Google Classroom add-on that has helped over 3 million teachers transition to online teaching, enhancing Google Workspace adoption worldwide. He engineered an internal Google Docs add-on powered by Google Gemini that improved technical research efficiency by 80%. He also created three free courses on Udemy that have educated over 20,000 students on setting up Google Workspace.
At Google (June 2019 - Present), Goldy serves as Customer Engineer with a primary focus on Google Workspace and Cloud Identity, currently specializing in Google Public Sector since August 2024. His role is to help businesses understand and visualize how Google Workspace and Google Cloud Identity can transform their workplace operations.
His specialization in Identity and Security was further deepened during an 18-month period (January 2023 - August 2024) as Customer Engineer specializing in GCP Security, providing expert guidance on critical security solutions such as Security Command Center (CSPM) and BeyondCorp Zero Trust architecture. He delivers technical deep-dive sessions on Zero Trust, Security Command Center, and Google Workspace as a noted Influential Presenter within Google. His work was highlighted on the official Google website in connection with a Google Maps-based solution, and he served as Keynote Speaker at the Princeton Cyber Security Conference as a subject matter expert in Identity and Zero Trust.
His most substantial contributions are through the creation of widely adopted, scalable software directly supporting the Google Workspace ecosystem. He created Ok Goldy, a free Google Add-on that helps over 21 million businesses streamline identity management and bulk manage user operations in Google Cloud, enabling administrators to manage users, groups, and members directly from Google Sheets. He developed Classright, a free Google Classroom add-on that has helped over 3 million teachers transition to online teaching, enhancing Google Workspace adoption worldwide. He engineered an internal Google Docs add-on powered by Google Gemini that improved technical research efficiency by 80%. He also created three free courses on Udemy that have educated over 20,000 students on setting up Google Workspace.
At Okta Inc. (January 2019 - June 2019), he served as Enterprise Sales Engineer and Identity Subject Matter Expert, authoring the influential Okta-Google Integration Guide leveraged by over 5,000 customers while helping businesses protect and enable employees, contractors, and partners through Workforce Identity and Customer Identity solutions.
At MediaAgility LLC (February 2013 - January 2019), he served as Director of Google Enterprise Solutions providing executive technical oversight in large-scale IT deployments. He led a project to transition a healthcare client with approximately 130,000 users, implementing Provisioning, Access & Authentication, Email Architecture, and MDM. He was subcontracted by consulting firms like PwC and TechM for large-scale G Suite and Okta implementations. At Revevol (September 2011 - February 2013), as Head of Deployment and Support, he led the global deployment center for G Suite, Google Maps, and Google Cloud, delighting 350+ customers and 19 company entities globally with 24/7 SLA-based technology operations.
Goldy holds a Master of Science in Information Technology from Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation University. He maintains multiple Google Cloud certifications including Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Professional Google Workspace Administrator, and Professional Collaboration Engineer, along with Okta Certified Professional and Chronicle SIEM Fundamentals certifications. His YouTube channel dedicated to Google Cloud education has accumulated over 3.2 million lifetime views with approximately 10,000 subscribers, and he volunteers as G Suite Consultant for organizations including Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services and the National Institute of Fashion Technology.
At MediaAgility LLC (February 2013 - January 2019), he served as Director of Google Enterprise Solutions providing executive technical oversight in large-scale IT deployments. He led a project to transition a healthcare client with approximately 130,000 users, implementing Provisioning, Access & Authentication, Email Architecture, and MDM. He was subcontracted by consulting firms like PwC and TechM for large-scale G Suite and Okta implementations. At Revevol (September 2011 - February 2013), as Head of Deployment and Support, he led the global deployment center for G Suite, Google Maps, and Google Cloud, delighting 350+ customers and 19 company entities globally with 24/7 SLA-based technology operations.
Goldy holds a Master of Science in Information Technology from Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation University. He maintains multiple Google Cloud certifications including Professional Cloud Security Engineer, Professional Google Workspace Administrator, and Professional Collaboration Engineer, along with Okta Certified Professional and Chronicle SIEM Fundamentals certifications. His YouTube channel dedicated to Google Cloud education has accumulated over 3.2 million lifetime views with approximately 10,000 subscribers, and he volunteers as G Suite Consultant for organizations including Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services and the National Institute of Fashion Technology.