Tag: recommendations

Robert A. Sauerberg Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer, Conde Nast

Bob Sauerberg shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 14, 2016 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is a visionary and a great tech leader. He has all the skills necessary to envision , direct, and execute great products. Most importantly, he is a team player and a great communicator. The full package! As President & CEO at… Continue reading Robert A. Sauerberg Jr., President & Chief Executive Officer, Conde Nast

Mark Thompson, President & Chief Executive Officer, The New York Times Company

Mark Thompson wrote this recommendation for Rajiv on April 13, 2016: Rajiv is a very strong digital executive with rock solid credentials in both engineering and product, but with great creative flair. At The New York Times, he was a real magnet for talent and built a very strong team. He also showed an exceptional… Continue reading Mark Thompson, President & Chief Executive Officer, The New York Times Company

Matthew Bischoff, Mobile Product and Engineering Lead

Matthew Bischoff shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 10, 2016 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is an incredible leader of technical organizations. His ability at The Times to zoom in and solve small problems one on one with a single engineer without losing focus of the entire team’s goals was unparalleled and the teams he helped… Continue reading Matthew Bischoff, Mobile Product and Engineering Lead

Leon Shklar, Managing Director at BNY Mellon

Leon Shklar shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 10, 2016 via LinkedIn: Rajiv played an important role in transforming the technology organization at The New York Times, He succeeded in attracting new talent and made a major contribution to creating a balance between product, editorial, and technology organizations. Rajiv promoted transparency, never set hidden… Continue reading Leon Shklar, Managing Director at BNY Mellon

Robert Larson, Core News Product Manager at Bloomberg

Robert Larson shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Apr 9, 2016 via LinkedIn: I had the pleasure of working with Rajiv at The New York Times for many years and think very highly of him and the work he did there. Under Rajiv’s leadership and with the team he built there, NYT became a far… Continue reading Robert Larson, Core News Product Manager at Bloomberg

Esfand Pourmand, Program Director, The New York Times

Esfand Pourmand shared this recommendation for Rajiv on November 17, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv and I started around the same time at NYTimes and during this 4+ years he was more than just your typical CTO, in addition of possessing all the technical skills to manage complex business and system issues. He has a deep… Continue reading Esfand Pourmand, Program Director, The New York Times

Joy Goldberg, Director, Portfolio Management at The New York Times

Joy Goldberg shared this recommendation for Rajiv on October 22, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv is unique. He’s intensely interested in every person regardless of hierarchy or background, strives to see their point of view and then invests energy to help them advance their ideas or career. He does this without guile or agenda, with simply… Continue reading Joy Goldberg, Director, Portfolio Management at The New York Times

Erin Grau, Program Director, Web Products, The New York Times

Erin Grau shared this recommendation for Rajiv on Oct 21, 2015 via LinkedIn: Some of Rajiv’s contributions to a technical organization are obvious and shared by many successful CTOs: He sets the technology strategy of our platforms and systems, and he attracts top talent. But many of Rajiv’s contributions are unique and – I’d suggest… Continue reading Erin Grau, Program Director, Web Products, The New York Times

Rohn Jay Miller, Senior Vice President of Product and Technology at Knight Ridder Digital

Rohn Jay Miller shared this recommendation for Rajiv on September 11, 2015 via LinkedIn: Rajiv Pant was leading the online technology organization at Philly.com and the Philadelphia Inquirer when I selected him to become the first Vice President – Engineering for Knight Ridder in San Jose. We were preparing to build the first true platform… Continue reading Rohn Jay Miller, Senior Vice President of Product and Technology at Knight Ridder Digital