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About Bala Pitchandi
I am a seasoned product and technology executive with twenty-plus years of global experience in building world-class software products and high-performing teams. I am renowned for being a leader in dreaming big, driving innovation, and transforming organizational culture. I am a progressive leader, who has built and grown successful product teams that are known for their craft and excellence. I am passionate about Diversity + Inclusion, Service Leadership, and fostering a culture based on trust and psychological safety.
Bala Pitchandi Work Experience Details
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Technology AdvisorNayyaNew York, Ny, Us -
Chief Product And Technology OfficerNayya Sep 2024 - PresentNew York, New York, UsAt Nayya our vision is to bring peace and confidence to American families in how they interact with their health and wealth benefits. We do this by building the world’s first data-driven, AI-enabled adviser to personalize and automate employee benefits. Our current product suite includes- Choose (which helps you choose your benefits during Open Enrollment & New Hire)- Use (which helps you maximize your benefits usage during the plan year)- Claims (which automatically submits claims on your behalf)along with two new products that are in development (Leave and Financial)
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General Manager, Strategic GrowthVts Nov 2022 - Sep 2024New York, Ny, Us- Own the P&L for all of VTS’s strategic partnerships, with CBRE being the first and the most important one- Own the delivery of customer value for all real estate asset classes and all global regions as it pertains to the strategic partners (CBRE)- Lead the cross-functional teams that include Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Product, and Engineering -
Senior Vice President Of EngineeringVts Jul 2019 - Nov 2022New York, Ny, Us- Grew the Engineering team 4x to be a 200-person world-class team known for Engineering Excellence.- Reported to the CEO and acted as the CTO for a year overseeing all aspects of Engineering, Information Security, and Global Information Technology.- Architected a 4x growth of the revenue to well over $100M while keeping the core business segment profitable.- Established VTS Toronto as the second site for product development- Led the technical due diligence of three acquisitions and their subsequent integrations (Property Capsule, Rise Buildings, and Lane Technologies) with a combined value of $300m+- Act as an “owner” of VTS in every aspect. Examples of going beyond my core remit to improve VTS at large: VTS Decision Making Playbook, New Manager ERG, and the Amplify ERG for BIPOC VTSers- Established new competencies such as Data Science, Data Engineering, and Data Analytics
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Advisory Board MemberVowel Oct 2019 - Dec 2023New York, New York, UsAdvised the company and the executive team (CEO, CTO, and CPO) on key business decisions, including technical architecture, executive leadership, and product and GTM strategy. Helped them raise a successful Series A round with $13.5m funding from top VC firms. -
MemberForbes Technology Council Sep 2018 - Sep 2020Boston, Ma, Us -
Vice President Of EngineeringJustworks May 2018 - Jun 2019New York, Ny, Us- A vital member of the Executive Management Team which makes all the critical decisions for the company- Doubled the engineering team to approximately 50 engineers in less than a year- Created a well-regarded internship program (both summer & winter) by partnering with organizations like Pursuit & CUNYTech to find talent from non-traditional sources.- Introduced an engineering-specific career leveling framework and accompanying progression guides to help engineers know what they need to do to level upJustworks is the best HR platform for small companies for payroll, benefits, and compliance. Justworks was recently named as the second fastest growing company in the US by Deloitte. Justworks is backed by Index Ventures (Facebook, Dropbox), Thrive Capital (Instagram, Oscar, Kickstarter), Bain Capital (LinkedIn), Redpoint Ventures (Zendesk), FirstMark Capital (Pinterest), and Spark Ventures (Twitter, Slack). -
Vice President Of EngineeringVidyo Nov 2015 - Feb 2018Hackensack, Nj, Us- Led company's new generation of cloud service offerings: VidyoConnect & VidyoEngage- Built & hired a 60 person global engineering team, motivating them to dream big- Led the creation of offshore Ukrainian & Indian dev centers, while leading a global team based out of three different timezones - US, Europe & India- Implemented CI & CD- Created and integrated automation test teams, achieving 50% automation for all products managed- Delivered VidyoConnect product portfolio (Desktop, WebRTC, iOS & Android) in a year and a half breaking prior record of 4+ year iteration- Product Manager, presenting to Apple, Bloomberg, Philips and others -
Senior Director Of EngineeringVidyo Jul 2014 - Nov 2015Hackensack, Nj, Us- Managed the entire endpoint product portfolio, which included desktop, web, mobile apps, and room systems- Revitalized the company’s endpoint apps, which were languishing in UX and tech debt. Performed a top-to-bottom rewrite of all the apps, codenamed as Neo- Recruited and built the UX design team- Based on "write once; run everywhere" concept, I built endpoint apps in HTML & JS packaged within Chromium- Changed Chromium source to have it render raw video from our encoder, allowing video manipulation in HTML instead of OpenGL. This tremendously reduced dev time for video layouts and customization.
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Manager EngineeringVidyo May 2012 - Jul 2014Hackensack, Nj, Us- Managed group video conferencing product team, transforming it from a loss-making business to a profitable business with 100% year-over-year growth- Unified the software architecture across VidyoRoom and VidyoPanorama product lines, basing it on a modern tech stack with web apps built within Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF)- Launched world's smallest room system product in VidyoRoom HD-40 based on an Intel NUC, achieving HD video conferencing in a form factor never before seen- Launched numerous award winning room systems, recognized for the price-performance-size ratio
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Senior Software EngineerVidyo Feb 2006 - May 2012Hackensack, Nj, Us- Hired as one of the first ten employees- Lead Developer of Technology/SDK team-Co-invented key patents in Bandwidth Management and Conference Management & Control Protocols- Designed and developed multiple key algorithms on both client and server, such as Direct Media Routing, Automatic Bandwidth Adjustment, Signaling Plug-in etc.- Release Manager for all OEM software releases for Google, Nintendo & Cisco- Led the mobile client development and rapid prototyping
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Distinguished EngineerUtstarcom Inc Sep 2000 - Feb 2006San Jose, California, Us- Led team that built Access Network (iAN-2000), VoIP soft switch (mSwitch) and IP based Telephony system (IPTS)- Designed & implemented in C, various VoIP & Routing protocols like MGCP, Megaco/H.248 in a real-time operating system called RTEMS- Release Manager for various products, managing & tracking their deployment- Technical consultant on embedded software development and VoIP protocols -
Programmer AnalystCognizant Technology Solutions Aug 1999 - Sep 2000Teaneck, New Jersey, Us- Lead Engineer of satellite communication & Bluetooth technologies products- Worked with Ericsson to port one of the first implementation of Bluetooth stack in Windows CE- Worked with Nortel Networks on location based services- Designed and developed communication protocols in VRTX -
Contract ScientistDrde, Defence Research & Development Organization May 1999 - Jul 1999Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, In- Selected by university to work on a highly confidential (back then) drone project, which tracked military targets from the air- Designed a real-time Image Processing algorithm, intended for target tracking application and implemented using DirectX on Windows
Bala Pitchandi Skills
Software Development
Voip
Agile Methodologies
System Architecture
Project Management
Video Conferencing
Algorithms
Object Oriented Design
Unified Communications
Engineering Leadership
Executive Management
Product Management
Scrum
Product Development
Cloud Computing
Management
Leadership
Software Project Management
Software As A Service
Team Motivation
Cross Functional Team Leadership
People Management
Scalable Architecture
Managing Offshore Teams
Technical Recruiting
Continuous Integration
Continuous Improvement
Strategy
Business Strategy
Program Management
Solution Architecture
Enterprise Architecture
Start Ups
Strategic Planning
Enterprise Software
Presentation Skills
Internet Communications
Continuous Delivery
Strategic Planning For Growth
Transformational Leadership
Diversity And Inclusion
Start Up Ventures
Vendor Management
Software Development Life Cycle
Data Science
Devops
Integration
Team Management
Real Time Software Development
Multithreading
Rtp
Linux
C
C++
Debugging
Gnu Debugger
Gnu
Network Programming
Requirements Analysis
Stl
Android
Objective C
Release Management
Hardware Development
Xmpp
Linux Development
Build Automation
Market Research
Competitive Analysis
Cross Platform Development
Interviews
Interviewing
Customer Presentations
Bala Pitchandi Education Details
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Rutgers Business SchoolMarketing And Entrepreneurship -
Thiagarajar College Of EngineeringElectronics And Communication
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