Rich Manalang

Product Strategy Director at Oracle AppsLab

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Product Strategy Director at Oracle AppsLab
  • Creator and Lead Developer at Monkeygrease Open Source Project
Past
  • Director of Technology Applications Consulting at Oracle
  • Principal Sales Engineer at Oracle | PeopleSoft
  • Manager, Employee Productivity Systems at PeopleSoft
  • Technical Lead/Application Developer at PeopleSoft
  • Professional Services Consultant at PeopleSoft
  • Systems Consultant at Hewitt Associates
Education
  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Connections
243 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Rich Manalang’s Summary

Over 10 years of experience in web and application development specializing in the design, development, and implementation of dynamic web applications. Experience includes management and direction of small teams. Diverse and practical knowledge of varying web technologies ranging from dynamic languages to Java EE/LAMP architectures including real-world implementation patterns of these technologies in production environments.

Rich Manalang’s Specialties:

* Deep knowledge of complex web applications spans all aspects from client-side to server-side technologies
* Well versed in user interface design and development for the web including the latest AJAX/DHTML based techniques for building user interfaces
* Strong application prototyping skills
* Open source and web standards evangelist. Actively participating in several open-source software development projects


Rich Manalang’s Experience

  • Product Strategy Director

    Oracle AppsLab

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

    June 2007Present (1 year 2 months)

    Oracle AppsLab is a think-tank developed to drive adoption and innovation of new web patterns and technologies across Oracle’s business and products. We’re a small group dedicated to living and breathing Web 2.0.

  • Creator and Lead Developer

    Monkeygrease Open Source Project

    (Non-Profit; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

    November 2005Present (2 years 9 months)

    Creator and lead developer of the Monkeygrease (http://monkeygrease.org) open source project — a simple solution that allows easy customization of packaged Java based web applications by means of JavaScript/CSS injection. This project was recently featured on the popular Ajaxian weblog, O'Reilly Radar, and several recent podcast regarding Web 2.0 and AJAX.

  • Director of Technology Applications Consulting

    Oracle

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

    June 2006June 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  • Principal Sales Engineer

    Oracle | PeopleSoft

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

    September 2001May 2006 (4 years 9 months)

    Design, build, and maintain PeopleSoft application demonstration environments to support the sales organization worldwide. These environments bring together all PeopleSoft Enterprise applications on latest releases and are coupled with third-party software. The management and use of these environments are governed by web applications I designed and developed allowing sales consultants to easily brand and prepare demonstration servers according to the prospect's RFP. Recognized as an outstanding contributor to PeopleSoft in 2002 for work in this area.

  • Manager, Employee Productivity Systems

    PeopleSoft

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSFT; Computer Software industry)

    December 1999September 2001 (1 year 10 months)

    Managed eight engineers who developed and maintained PeopleSoft's internal enterprise portal implementation, content management systems, and knowledge repositories. Implemented PeopleSoft's Enterprise Portal internally in six weeks being the very first PeopleSoft 8 implementation. Key player in developing PeopleSoft's Enterprise Portal product strategy — helped in developing technology architecture as well as steered direction by providing real-world requirements to engineering teams. Co-developed portal applications with product development teams. Designed PeopleSoft's overall user interface for the intranet.

  • Technical Lead/Application Developer

    PeopleSoft

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSFT; Computer Software industry)

    January 1998December 1999 (2 years)

    Designed and developed Workforce Analytics/Compensation Planning and Simulation Engine for PeopleSoft's first release of Enterprise Performance Management suite. Lead team of 4 developers from the functional/technical design phase to delivery.

  • Professional Services Consultant

    PeopleSoft

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PSFT; Computer Software industry)

    January 1997January 1998 (1 year 1 month)

    Successfully implemented PeopleSoft solutions at several large, multinational organizations — worked on implementations in Australia, Canada, and in the United States. Participated in many technical "fire-fighting"/troubleshooting engagements to effectively solve customer problems in limited amounts of time. Contributed code to PeopleSoft developers to build new functionality for PeopleSoft's Payroll product.

  • Systems Consultant

    Hewitt Associates

    (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; HEW; Management Consulting industry)

    June 1995December 1996 (1 year 7 months)

    Designed and implemented Client Profitability and Growth reporting software for regional manager, managing consultants, and firm owners using corporate data warehouse. Provided financial data warehousing support to all West Region managers.


Rich Manalang’s Education

  • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

    Bachelors of Science, Mathematics, 19911995

    Activities and Societies:
    Resident Advisor, WOW (Week of Welcome) Counselor, Circle K (service organization)

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Rich Manalang’s Interests:

Technology, Open Source, Photography, Running

Rich Manalang’s Groups:

JRuby

  •    Ruby on Rails member

Rich Manalang’s Honors:

* PeopleSoft Outstanding Contributor in 2002
* Consistently exceeded expectations in employee reviews at PeopleSoft


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