Chief Technology Officer
Kolkata Area, India
Responsibilities #Strategy & Planning•In partnership with the company’s founders, identify opportunities and risks for delivering the company’s services as a web-based business, including identification of competitive services, opportunities for innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to the business success.•Identify technology trends and evolving social behavior that may support or impede the success of the business.•Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms (including web application frameworks and the deployment stack) for delivering the company’s services.•Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all web-based services.•Participate as a member of the senior management team in establishing governance processes of direction and control to ensure that objectives are achieved, risks are managed appropriately and the organization’s resources are used responsibly, particularly in the areas of software development, office networks and computers, and telecommunications.•Collaborate with the appropriate departments to assess and recommend technologies that support company organizational needs.#Implementation & Deployment•As a member of the senior management team, participate in the selection and registration of the company’s web site domain names, including any related-but-unused domains that could compromise the integrity of the business (through competition, typos quitting, etc.).•Establish email service for the company (in the absence of a system administrator).•Select and set up a software revision control system and repository (in the absence of a system administrator).•Select and set up web-based internal communications systems, such as a wiki, blog, chat room, project management, and bug tracking systems (in the absence of a system administrator).