Rajiv Puranik is a seasoned professional with an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for leading engineering teams. With a track record of delivering exceptional results by unearthing and translating unmet customer needs into practical product roadmaps, Puranik is an expert in hiring and grooming engineering talent and organizing disciplined, collaborative Agile execution.

With a diverse background in multiple domains, including rich media, telephony, enterprise software, education, and design automation, Puranik has a deep understanding of core, technology-transparent application patterns. He has led engineering of highly scalable, multi-tenant SaaS platforms, as well as user-facing web applications.

As a global citizen fascinated by diverse cultures, Puranik has worked effectively with teams across multiple geographies to build strong value-chain partnerships and high-performance teams. He has built teams at over 10 locations in 6 countries and implemented tailored development processes based on Agile methodology principles.

Puranik has studied electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and computer engineering at Syracuse University. He has held positions at various organizations, including Vocera Communications, Apigee, Twilio, Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo!, and AudioFeast.