Raj Raju

About Raj Raju

I am a technology executive with 25+ years of experience providing transformational leadership and driving innovation in a variety of domains. I have excellent interpersonal skills including interacting with executives and board members, building high-performing multidisciplinary technical teams, and cultivating a motivated workforce centered around accountability. With a proven history of leading cross-functional teams in the delivery of industry-leading solutions creating commercial market opportunities, enhancing operational efficiency, driving business growth, and achieving organizational objectives.

Experience

1. Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer (CIO and CISO)

   Integra Connect

   Jun 2016 — Present · West Palm Beach, FL, US

   Provide leadership for all organizational technology infrastructure, operations, and engineering; administer annual budget of $20M and foster a culture of excellence across multiple departments to ensure annual goals are consistently achieved.> Lead a team of global DevOps and Cloud engineers and architects, overseeing CI/CD operations, Azure cloud architecture, engineering, administration, and security.> Build and manage security engineering team and compliance program; chair Executive Security and Compliance Committee, meeting monthly with C-suite to review open risks operational metrics, and project updates.KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:> Built IT, DevOps, and Security teams from the ground up; built an enterprise security program into an industry-leading level of maturity and excellence.> Took over Product Management function and improved delivery reliability, roadmap accuracy, and financial adherence within the first 12 months.> Led enterprise-wide migration to cloud technologies, achieving significant cost savings while improving scalability and reliability.> Managed the buildout and operation of the enterprise data warehouse platform in Snowflake.> Drove a digital transformation to fully automated CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerized applications, and dynamic ephemeral environments.> Rolled out a 24x7 security monitoring and managed detection and response operation.> Built security program and team from initial formation to best-in-class in the healthcare industry in 18 months.> Led the enterprise to HITRUST certification and successfully managed SOC 1 Type 2 audits and reports.> Led the complete re-build of an oncology-specific EHR to be cloud native; managed the operations and product development lifecycle of the legacy EHR over a period of 18 months

Education

• Rutgers University-New Brunswick

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

  1994 — 1999