Raj Baronia

Raj Baronia is a seasoned technology executive with over 25 years of experience in product innovation and building startup companies in the IT industry. After successfully leading 2 startup companies from formation to profitable exit, Raj is now lending his expertise to early-stage tech startups, and helping them develop new products and markets. Through a combination of vision, product strategy, and tactical execution, Raj provides them vital assistance, including:

• Provide seed funding, as well as help with subsequent funding rounds, valuation and negotiations
• Fill in the gaps in the executive team by acting as interim CXO
• Establish an organizational team plan to achieve product and engineering goals. Identify ideal composition and distribution of teams (e.g. in-house vs. outsourced; local vs. offshore)
• Identify opportunities of strategic partnership in terms of product positioning, marketing, delivery channels, and resource utilization

Raj holds a master's degree in Computer Engineering from USC, Los Angeles, and bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India.