Ovi Balaj

About Ovi Balaj

For the past 8 years, I’ve led enterprise wide functions aligning strategy with execution and turning complex roadmaps into measurable results. My career has been defined by range: driving hundreds of initiatives across every major department and ensuring delivery that scales and strategies that last.I’ve driven outcomes in:• Finance: capital planning, resource allocation, and budgets that fuel sustainable growth.• Operations & Product: driving roadmaps, scaling delivery, overseeing product development teams, embedding integrated processes, and leading innovation.• Sales & Marketing: shaping sales strategy, market approach, scalable processes, rebrands, digital presence, campaigns, and global client engagement.• Customer Success & Support: ensuring client satisfaction, retention, and serving as the executive point of contact for critical resolutions.• Corporate Strategy structuring global partnerships, negotiating deals, and managing alliances across markets.• Compliance & Risk: overseeing alignment, governance, and successful audits (SOC, ISO, GDPR, CFIUS).• HR & People Leadership: establishing processes, creating the culture, hiring talent, developing role tracks, mentoring, and workforce capacity planning to build leadership pipelines and align talent with long-term strategy.• InfoSec & Digital Transformation: building secure, compliant global operations and leading digital transformation by integrating technology stacks for efficiency, resilience, and cost optimization.• Negotiations & Deals: navigating and structuring complex deals with great success by both decreasing cost and increasing revenue. Adapt at finding an angle and creating a win-win situation for everyone involved.This breadth extends globally as I oversee a European subsidiary while leading expansions in South America and Asia, balancing global vision with local execution in markets that demand both cultural fluency and regulatory precision.I thrive in turning complex challenges into lasting success through strategy, growth, and impact.

Experience

1. Managing Partner

   RAAH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

   Dec 2025 — Present · US

   Serving as Managing Partner at RAAH with responsibility for the firm’s direction, performance, and long-term value creation, I lead enterprise operations worldwide, overseeing strategy, scaling, and execution across all departments. I help shape strategy and translate it into coordinated execution across the organization, with accountability for growth, operations, governance, and client outcomes. Alongside the leadership team, I have guided the business through periods of scale and transformation, including international expansion, enterprise modernization, regulatory alignment, and the development of durable operating and leadership structures.As a senior decision maker and escalation point, I steward strategic relationships and critical initiatives while strengthening the organizational capacity, culture, and systems required for sustained performance. My role is focused on defining strategy, accelerating growth, and delivering lasting impact at enterprise scale.

Education

• The University of Georgia

  B.A. Political Science, Political Science and Government

  2012 — 2014

• Georgia State University

  A.A. Political Science, Political Science and Government

  2010 — 2012

• Georgia State University College of Law

  J.D., Law

  2016 — 2020