Ravi Balwada

Ravi Balwada is founder of Global Technology Management Group(GTMG). Previously he was a Vice President and Senior Technologist with The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm.At Carlyle, Ravi led the technology strategy and technology support functions for Carlyle's Asia based technology portfolio.

Before joining Carlyle, Mr. Balwada was COO at i5Digital, a Seattle-based private incubator, where he focused on defining technology, alliances and process for accelerating new business growth.

Formerly, he was Director of Database Systems at Amazon.com, where he managed the design, deployment and management of database systems for Amazon's web and corporate infrastructure. Prior to Amazon, Mr. Balwada spent seven years at Oracle Corporation working in various technology leadership roles; as Director of the System Performance Group at Oracle, he built a world-class technology team and managed one of the most successful and sought-after consulting practices in the company.

Mr. Balwada holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology, India.

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