Boris Portman

Current

Managing Director at Growth Acceleration Partners

Past

Recruiting Partner at TechTalent International
Program Chair at Agile Austin
VP, Development at PeopleAdmin

VP, Engineering at Catalis Health, Inc.
Director of Product Development at Partnerware
Director of Product Development at Broadvision
Software Engineer at Intel
Software Engineer at Intel

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Education

Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Boris

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Boris Portman’s Summary

Technology Management Coach:
* Full Time and Contract Staffing Support
* Outsourced Software Development
* Agile / Scrum Team and Scrum Master Training
* Start-up and Business Development Growth Acceleration

Boris Portman’s Specialties:

Mobile application development (iPhone, Android, RIM, J2ME), e-Commerce, social networking, healthcare, workflow, content management, human resources, recruiting, off-shore software development

Boris Portman’s Experience

Managing Director

Growth Acceleration Partners

(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

We are a team of experienced executives with strong operating backgrounds who work collaboratively to solve whatever problems constrain your growth. We have had long successful careers in leading technology and service companies. Five of us have run our own companies. Two of us have founded and successfully sold venture-backed software companies.

Our firm focuses on three primary practices: Outsourced Development, Talent Placement, and Management Consulting (company growth coaching from agile software development to search engine marketing and go-to-market strategies). We are headquartered in Austin, TX, and have our offshore development center in San José, Costa Rica.
Recruiting Partner

TechTalent International

(Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

May 2007 — May 2009 (2 years 1 month)

Help high-tech organizations find the right talent by doing more of the screening hiring managers need.

With twelve years managing engineering, services, product management, and information technology departments at startup, mid-size, as well as fortune 100 companies, I was frustrated with the arbitrary quality of candidates recruiters were submitting. How can they screen candidates for jobs they don’t understand themselves?

TechTalent International is a full-service executive recruiting firm that specializes in placing targeted software and hardware technology professionals nationally. TechTalent offers a full complement of services, including, but not limited to:
o Contingency Search, Retained Search, and Exclusive Search
o Full-time, part-time, permanent, and temporary placements
o Project team placement
o International placement
o Board search services
o Resume writing and interview services
Program Chair

Agile Austin

(Computer Software industry)

September 2007 — August 2008 (1 year )

Agile Austin’s mission is to promote agile software development concepts such as those set forth in the Agile Manifesto (agilemanifesto.org), to create a public forum for the exchange of practice information, and to create opportunities for the professional development of members.
VP, Development

PeopleAdmin

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 11 months)

Manage Product Development, Product Management, Information Technology, and Integration departments.

PeopleAdmin provides web based systems designed to automate the job application and candidate screening process used by Higher Education and Local Government institutions. We're located in Austin, Texas with over 300 customers worldwide.
VP, Engineering

Catalis Health, Inc.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Medical Devices industry)

November 2002 — May 2005 (2 years 7 months)

Catalis Health's physician-acclaimed products securely deliver point-of-care information to physicians and their supporting healthcare providers. Catalis Health's flagship product, Catalis Health™ Clinical Suite, is an innovative Graphical Health Record that increases physician efficiencies, reduces costs, and electronically connects the clinic office to the entire healthcare industry.
Director of Product Development

Partnerware

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

February 2002 — October 2002 (9 months)
Director of Product Development

Broadvision

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

September 1996 — May 2001 (4 years 9 months)
Software Engineer

Intel

(Public Company; INTC; Semiconductors industry)

May 1995 — August 1995 (4 months)
Software Engineer

Intel

(Public Company; INTC; Semiconductors industry)

May 1994 — August 1994 (4 months)

Boris Portman’s Education

Carnegie Mellon University

MSE , Software Engineering, Business , 1994 — 1996

Master's program was a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute (SEI), School of Computer Science, and the Tepper School of Business.

Activities and Societies:

Managed and helped fund team of six developing collaborative groupware for Robotics Institute.
Carnegie Mellon University

BS , Computer Science, Math, Business , 1991 — 1996

Activities and Societies:

Co-founder of University Entrepreneurial Association, Founder and owner of Campus Bartending,
Tennis Team

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Boris Portman’s Interests:

Software development best practices, social and professional networking, travel, tennis, chess, salsa dancing

Boris Portman’s Groups:

Agile Austin, Door64, Habitat for Humanity, Habitat Young Professionals, LifeWorks, and the Leadership Enrichment Arts Program (LEAP).

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