Microsoft has recently hired a key member to its online mapping services which would re-energize its service to greater extent. Raj Shah , who was previously working with Google with its Mapping service will now serve his services for Microsoft. He was working as a Engineering director for Google since last three years. Switching his job from Google to Microsoft proves that good opportunity is always the first priority for every employee. Raj Shah will continue his related skills with Microsoft company and will be working on Bing maps and other related products.Microsoft did not revealed the complete details regarding this hiring but have confirmed that Raj Shah will indeed join Microsoft.
Raj Shah keys role at Google was to brought in mapping data from all around the world and mapping it it into Maps. He might do the same role at Microsoft as well but it s not revealed yet. Raj Shah is a combination of creative leadership, entrepreneurial success, management discipline, and global experience which are the demanding requirement for any of the tech company. Raj Shah also built Google’s Engineering Center in India.
Raj Shah's Overview
- Current
- Engineering Director at Google
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- Education
- Business Professionals Course
- University of Wisconsin
- IIT Bombay
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- Recommendations
- 4 people have recommended Raj
- Connections
- 500+ connections
Raj Shah's Summary
Raj brings a unique combination of creative leadership, entrepreneurial success, management discipline, and global experience in how development and engineering operations teams can be structured to build technology products reliably, repeatedly, and on a predictable rhythm. During the past 3-1/2 years at Google Raj has been spearheading creation of its Maps by first establishing a global infrastructure that encompasses all countries mapped by Google. He built this capability from the ground-up, recognizing the potential of Google Maps and then enhanced that capability by adding richer features to make the maps highly differentiated in a crowded marketplace.
His early stints at Google include working with its senior executives and Founders to establish a disciplined execution process for engineering teams and projects spread throughout the world, many of which were patterned after his first India Centers he helped jump-start during the early Google’s days.
Raj brings, 10 years in general management, including building start-ups and setting up off-shore operations; 15 years leading market-driven product definition and development; and an 7 years in hands-on product development.
His experience also includes founding new ventures, acquiring capital, and heading up a pioneering Web-based event-registration and member-relationship management enterprise. Raj is experienced at leveraging existing momentum into highly productive, commercially successful ventures.
Raj brings a unique management and leadership style that allows highly creative teams to work in an environment of unfettered innovation, yet at the same time provides the required discipline to deliver product commitments on schedule. His experience covers a wide range of technologies that allows him to provide the right level of leadership for global operations without micromanaging creative individuals.
His early stints at Google include working with its senior executives and Founders to establish a disciplined execution process for engineering teams and projects spread throughout the world, many of which were patterned after his first India Centers he helped jump-start during the early Google’s days.
Raj brings, 10 years in general management, including building start-ups and setting up off-shore operations; 15 years leading market-driven product definition and development; and an 7 years in hands-on product development.
His experience also includes founding new ventures, acquiring capital, and heading up a pioneering Web-based event-registration and member-relationship management enterprise. Raj is experienced at leveraging existing momentum into highly productive, commercially successful ventures.
Raj brings a unique management and leadership style that allows highly creative teams to work in an environment of unfettered innovation, yet at the same time provides the required discipline to deliver product commitments on schedule. His experience covers a wide range of technologies that allows him to provide the right level of leadership for global operations without micromanaging creative individuals.
Raj Shah's Experience
Engineering Director
March 2006 – Present (7 years 3 months)
Raj Shah's Languages
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English
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Gujarati
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Hindi
(Full professional proficiency)
Raj Shah's Skills & Expertise
- SaaS
- Product Management
- Enterprise Software
- Start-ups
- Big Data
- Cloud Computing
- CRM
- Product Development
- Management
- Outsourcing
- Distributed Systems
- Scalability
- Entrepreneurship
- Mobile Devices
- Leadership
Raj Shah's Education
Business Professionals Course
April 2002 – April 2004
University of Wisconsin
August 1978 – December 1979
IIT Bombay
August 1973 – May 1978
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