Raj Bala
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OBJECTIVE
Use my content management and product management experience, along with my diverse technology background to help companies bring products to market faster, realize increased efficiency, and control capital costs
PROFESSIONAL
Auctery, Cambridge, MA
Founder, September 2008 - current
Developed streamlined workflow to improve business processes by introducing software automation
Managed team of software engineers and other contract staff used to develop products
Evaluated content management products to determine a build versus buy scenario
Lead the design of product architecture including web framework and hardware
Wrote product requirements and determine milestones
Lookery, Cambridge, MA
Software Developer, May 2008 – September 2008
Developed web application components using PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL
Wrote high performance code that resulted in billions of transactions per month
Developed REST-based API
BigSwerve, Cambridge, MA
Founder, March 2006 – March 2008
Raised venture capital from top-tier investors
Operated as the project manager for all phases (plan through deploy)
Served in product management roles: definition, scheduling, QA, and release
Managed the outsourced engineering project in India for an internet-scale application
Frequently traveled to India to provide onsite leadership
Managed the vendor relationship with the outsourcing provider
Architected and designed all application components
Negotiated a successful sale of the company to Lijit Networks in March 2008
EMC Documentum/Legato, Hopkinton, MA
Sr. Systems Engineer January 1997 – March 2006
Focused on Cerner technical sales and implementations of Documentum's Content Management applications, specifically with HNA Millenium
Worked as a key technical liaison to all aspects of Documentum’s Healthcare practice. Activities included gathering customer requirements, fitting the requirements into product roadmaps, presenting technical presentations to prospective clients, and responding to request for proposals (RFPs)
Established the Healthcare business at Documentum and was actively involved with hundreds of Healthcare clients over the course of nearly 10 years
Worked closely with Cerner to develop well integrated solutions for customers in all areas of a hospital spanning clinical to business office
- Developed software architecture and implementation plans for clients
Resolved business and technical issues with high visibility clients
Performed competitive market analysis
Acted as team lead and coached/trained junior team members
BS, Business Administration and CIS - Thomas Edison State College
TECHNOLOGIES
Products: Documentum, Legato, VMWare, Cerner HNA Millenium, Kofax, Captiva,
Skill Areas: Cloud Computing, Document Imaging, Enterprise Content Management, Data Storage Management, Web Services
Platforms: PHP, Linux, .NET, Java/J2EE, Tomcat, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Apache, JavaScript, XHTML, Semantic Web/SPARQL, Amazon Web Services EC2/S3, Hadoop, Windows Server, SOA