Patañjali Venkatacharya

Current

Chief Evangelist & UX Architect at Oracle Corporation

Past

Senior Program Manager, User Experience at Microsoft Corporation
Principal UI Lead at Oracle Corporation
UI Architect at AsiaWorks Pte Ltd

Founder & CEO at Collantra Intl. Inc., Singapore
Design Lead, Senior Software Engineer at Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore
Founder & CEO at The Computer Guru

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Education

Bauman College Holistic Nutrition & Culinary Arts
National University of Singapore
University of Toronto - University College

Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts at Earl Haig Secondary School
Muirhead Public School
Weizmann Institute of Science

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Industry

Computer Software

Patañjali Venkatacharya’s Summary

Innovative user experiences, emerging markets, high-end product design initiatives, corporate strategy, sales and marketing of user experiences, hands-on design leadership.

Patañjali Venkatacharya’s Specialties:

UI Architecture, Program Management, User Experience Design, Product Strategy

Patañjali Venkatacharya’s Experience

Chief Evangelist & UX Architect

Oracle Corporation

(Public Company; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

Leading Applications User Experience (Oracle Fusion, Siebel, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Agile, etc.) strategic initiatives, including worldwide go-to-market initiatives around user experience for the sales force, customers, partners, consulting, and analysts.
Senior Program Manager, User Experience

Microsoft Corporation

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

2003 — 2005 (2 years )

Out-of-box user experience, Windows Vista
Principal UI Lead

Oracle Corporation

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

1998 — 2003 (5 years )

Lead designer, Database and Application Servers, Collaboration Suite user experiences.
UI Architect

AsiaWorks Pte Ltd

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )

User interface for simultaneous PC-based Chinese speech, handwriting, and keyboard input recognition software.
Founder & CEO

Collantra Intl. Inc., Singapore

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

1997 — 1998 (1 year )

Founded Singapore-based startup focussed on leveraging massively multiplayer game technology for collaborative business application environments.
Design Lead, Senior Software Engineer

Kent Ridge Digital Labs, Singapore

(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years )

Content and Design Lead for massively multiplayer virtual community platform for kids (HistoryCity).
Founder & CEO

The Computer Guru

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

1987 — 1994 (7 years )

One of the first Windows PC-based turn-key software development and consulting operations in Canada (Toronto). Clients included Toronto Stock Exchange, Hoffmann La-Roche (NYC), CIGNA Insurance (Philadelphia), Bank of Montreal, and numerous small to medium-sized businesses in the Toronto area.

Patañjali Venkatacharya’s Education

Bauman College Holistic Nutrition & Culinary Arts

CNF , Certified Natural Chef , 2005 — 2006

Externship: Chez Panisse, Berkeley, CA
National University of Singapore

M.Sc. Candidate , Virtual Reality , 1995 — 1998
University of Toronto - University College

Hons B.Sc. , Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence , 1990 — 1995
Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts at Earl Haig Secondary School

OSSD , Violin and Voice , 1985 — 1990
Muirhead Public School
Weizmann Institute of Science