Mike Sorola
@mikesorola
Product leader. 15 yrs launching AI/cloud products at scale. $110M+ ARR. Targeting Director PM. Let's talk.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I’m a product leader with 15+ years building AI and data platform products at enterprise scale, and I’ve spent my recent career in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as an AI product authority and modern data platform owner.
At OCI, I led an 0→1 platform-as-a-product launch of OCI Database with PostgreSQL and managed Redis Cache, scaling to 1,000+ enterprise customers in 24 months and driving ~30% MoM adoption growth across managed database infrastructure. I translate distributed systems and data infrastructure requirements into prioritized roadmaps, partner closely with engineering and data science, and build business cases that set direction on pricing, GTM, and onboarding—owning pricing strategy and GTM for the open-source database portfolio and Tier 0 services onboarding 10 strategic accounts generating over $110M in ARR.
I’m also an AI speaker at Oracle CloudWorld 2023 & 2024, sharing AI platform architecture, data intelligence labs, and agentic workflow demos to 100+ enterprise attendees to evangelize an AI-native data platform vision. Before product leadership in AI/data, I led cross-functional teams at Ubisoft and directed marketing strategy at UC Berkeley—so I bring both operator-level execution and enterprise go-to-market discipline, and I’m currently building my own AI app while targeting Director, Product Management/AI roles.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led the 0→1 launch of OCI Database with managed PostgreSQL and Redis Cache, scaling to 1,000+ enterprise customers in 24 months and driving ~30% MoM adoption growth. Owned pricing and GTM for the open-source database portfolio, onboarding 10 strategic accounts generating $110M+ ARR, and translated distributed systems requirements from 200+ accounts into a prioritized roadmap.
Managed a team of 8–12 project managers and interns and led 8 cross-functional teams across 28 departments, managing product roadmap and lifecycle/GTM for 12–15 concurrent titles. Built global entertainment business and operating models (0→1 through sunset), defined shared OKRs, and aligned 15+ stakeholders by translating technical trade-offs into executable requirements and business outcomes.
Directed marketing strategy and budget, building KPI frameworks and performance benchmarks that drove $1.5M+ in annual direct sales of university-sold IP and equipment. Partnered with the CFO’s office to develop and execute revenue generation strategy.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
UC Berkeley
Executive Education, Haas School of Business, Product Management
2017 - 2017
Stanford University
Stanford Certified Project Manager (SCPM), Project Management
2016 - 2017
Academy of Art University
Master of Arts, Multimedia Communications
2011 - 2013
Earned an M.A. in Multimedia Communications at Academy of Art University from 2011 to 2013.
University of Maryland, University College
Bachelor of Science, Marketing
2007 - 2011
Earned a B.S. in Marketing from University of Maryland, University College between 2007 and 2011.
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