Ron Pragides

Dedicated point-of-contact in Software Engineering for all M&A activity.

Evaluating 3rd party technology providers through research and due diligence. Providing recommendations on partnership, investment, or acquisition of companies. Contributor to integration planning and post-closure activities including on-boarding of acquired employees.

Advocate for all matters related to recruiting, developing, and retaining talent in the Software Engineering organization.

Representative on the core Patent team, responsible for identifying and protecting the intellectual property of the company.

Joined the company prior to its IPO on the NYSE, with fewer than 20 software engineers. Helped establish recruiting, on-boarding, and engineering processes to position the team for growth.?

Led multiple engineering teams to deliver a large portion of Force.com, a metadata-driven platform for building and customizing Cloud applications. Overall responsibility for 30 individuals (2 managers and 28 software engineers).

Spearheaded the initiative to dramatically increase the company's patent portfolio. Drove the filing of nearly 200 provisional applications in Q1 2010, surpassing the IP activity from all previous years combined.?

Involved in corporate development activities, including due diligence and integration of technology acquisitions

Hands-on engineering manager for this healthcare technology startup which raised $60MM in funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Mobius Venture Capital, and other sources.

Led the development of a workflow system for electronically receiving and processing healthcare claims. This system enabled backoffice users in India and the U.S. to process over 100k medical, dental, and FSA claims per week.

Joined the company prior to its third-round $45MM funding from marquee investors including: Kleiner Perkins, Trinity Ventures, and Amazon.com.

Managed 12 software engineers in a fast-paced startup environment. Technical owner of a high-traffic e-commerce website for retailers such as: Williams-Sonoma, Tiffany & Co., Neiman Marcus, and Bloomingdale’s.

Software engineer at this 3D graphics technology startup. Responsible for porting the OpenGL 3D rendering pipeline to a custom graphics processor in C/C++.

Company was acquired in 1998 for approximately $90MM.