An entrepreneur at heart, I lead engineering teams that deliver market leading customer-centric products . My track record is rooted in my passion and skills to unearth and translate unmet customer needs into practical, exciting product roadmaps, in hiring and grooming engineering talent, and in organizing disciplined, collaborative Agile execution to deliver exceptional results. I have done this repeatedly in both start-ups and large enterprises (HP, Yahoo!, Sun) without stifling creativity or losing customer focus. I have worked across multiple domains (rich media, telephony, enterprise SW, education, design automation) through understanding of core, technology-transparent application patterns. A quick study, I keep up with emerging technology trends with an eye on practical application of trending technologies. I have led engineering of highly scalable, multi tenant SaaS platforms (e.g.: Video at Yahoo!, Twilio telephony), as well as of compelling user-facing Web applications (e.g.: Yahoo!, ON24). As a global citizen, fascinated by diverse cultures, I have learned how to work with varied cultures and bring out the best in teams to deliver the exceptional. I’m skilled at collaborating effectively cross functionally across multiple geographies to build strong value-chain partnerships, as well as high- performance teams globally. I have built teams at over 10 locations in 6 countries. I learned that disciplined, yet lightweight Agile processes help teams innovate without killing the innovation spark. I have implemented tailored development processes based on Agile methodology principles in multiple organizations and transformed development teams into highly productive powerhouses. Skills and professional interests: Highly scalable, and available SaaS Platforms, Big data, Mobile, Content Management and workflows, Audio, Video, Digital Media Applications, Strategic planning/roadmaps, Agile, Energy Efficiency

Head of Cloud Platform Engineering @ Leading cloud technology efforts to build on Vocera's success in providing mission critical communication infrastructure for healthcare From January 2015 to Present (1 year) San Francisco Bay AreaAdvisor to startups, Angel Investor @ Product strategy, and technology advisor to startups working on internet and sensor based innovations in sports performance, energy efficiency, social media. From January 2009 to Present (7 years) Sr Director of Engineering @ Leading Big Data (Hadoop) based Insights and API analytics products. Focus on Scalability and machine learning driven predictive analytics. Led transformation of a custom services solutions stack into a self-use platform, which was successfully launched on schedule while meeting a high quality bar. Introduced Agile based methodology to establish repeatable execution rhythm while working closely with product in defining roadmap. From January 2014 to December 2014 (1 year) Sr Director of Engineering @ Led delivery of cloud based, scalable, and highly available SaaS infrastructure for telephony, messaging, as well as browser, iOS, and Android based clients leveraging Twilio’s SaaS API. Led launch of revenue driving new features such as international, and multi-media messaging. Doubled the size of the team with maintaining a high talent bar in a tough hiring market. Developed a framework for Developer Happiness to achieve low attrition. From June 2012 to July 2013 (1 year 2 months) San Francisco Bay AreaSr R&D Director for Consumer Applications and Services @ Managed a diverse portfolio of products and services for making HP PCs and tablets unique in addition to enabling a $500M/year partner promotion revenue stream that brought in 25% of the division’s profits. Portfolio included web based media experiences, Mobile Apps for webOS, Business Analytics using data warehousing, and Federated identity and payment. Led teams in four countries, including a large team in China. Instrumental in changing the focus of China team from an offshore, cost-optimized satellite operation to a strategic, independently operating asset for rapidly growing local market From 2009 to May 2012 (3 years) Sr Director of Engineering : Video Applications, Social Media @ Delivered multiple widely adopted internal media platforms ( User Generated Content for Social Media, Video, and License management ) as well as end user facing sites that showcased the platforms. The scalable platforms were widely adopted by several Yahoo!’s popular media sites such as news, sports, tv, finance, music, movies. Turned around Yahoo’s video site team to restore performance of the site in six weeks. Authored two patents. From 2005 to 2009 (4 years) VP Engineering and Network Operations @ Led Engineering and Technical Operations, Product Management for an innovative startup that offered consumer podcast/music subscription service. Led the engineering efforts to implement DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) features in MP3 firmware, and worked closely with several MP3 device OEM partners worldwide to ensure successful launch of the service. From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) VP of Technology Solutions @ Incubated offshoring business for sustaining product engineering. Conceptualized off-shoring engineering solutions for high profile customers, and built a 120+ engineers offshore+US based practice. Innovated onshore/off-shore hybrid delivery model to ensure higher customer confidence and retention of high skills teams. From 2002 to 2003 (1 year) VP Engineering @ Led the startup's engineering efforts to bring its flagship Video server technology to cable Video-on-Demand market. Cultivated relationships with key technology partners to rapidly learn the new ecosystem, drove engineering execution for quick completion which resulted in a market launch within six months, also securing urgently needed institutional investment. From 2000 to 2002 (2 years) VP of Engineering and CTO @ Having joined at the formative stage of the company, defined the product strategy, and then led all aspects of technology to build Internet based ON24 streaming (audio, video) service from scratch. Syndicated ON24 content to major players such as Yahoo!, CNET, and Alta Vista. Achieved several industry endorsements, including Upside 100, Keynote’s top 10 streaming site. Helped CEO raise two rounds of VC funding. Contributed to earliest industry innovations for personalized delivery of content (patented), and inline streaming ads From 1997 to 2000 (3 years) Sr Director of Engineering @ Managed development of ONE TOUCH’s interactive distance learning product, including new initiatives for Web client, Network management tool, and product localization in several international markets (I18N/L10N). Worked closely with a major strategic customer (Ford Motor Co) to achieve 99.8% uptime for a mission critical application, saving the account. From 1995 to 1998 (3 years) Engineering Manager @ Built enterprise software application suite for managing inventory flow and product engineering changes after release to manufacturing. This suite, first of its kind on Sun hardware, replaced earlier mainframe based software, and supported parts of Sun’s mission critical manufacturing processes for over 8 years. As Sun’s representative on an industry standard body (CFI), proposed contribution of its new messaging technology, Tooltalk. Managed the entire project: outsourced porting of Tooltalk to other Unix hardware (IBM, HP, DEC), led development of CFI APIs, coordinated efforts of 30 software vendors to get messaging to work among their products. Within five months, interoperability among design automation vendors was demonstrated for the first time ever at Design Automation conference in 2001. Eventually led to Sun’s Tooltalk technology being adopted in Common Unix Desktop Environment. I received Sun’s divisional technical achievement award for my contributions. From 1988 to 1995 (7 years)

BS, Electrical Engineering @ Indian Institute of Technology, BombayMS, Computer Engineering @ Syracuse University Rajiv Puranik is skilled in: Cloud Computing, SaaS, Product Management, Mobile Devices, Agile Methodologies, Enterprise Software, Mobile Applications, Start-ups, Scalability, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Strategy, Software Development, Management, High Availability