About

Bala Bhaskar V is an adept technical leader with over 12 years of experience in leading software product companies. He is currently serving as an Engineering Manager II at Citrix R&D, where he has a proven record of delivering impactful real-world solutions to business problems and opportunities. Bala is a skilled professional in Android Development, Core Java, Text Mining, Information Retrieval, Search Engine, Natural Language Understanding, Design Patterns & Principles. He is a knowledge worker and an innovative thinker who has co-authored 8 patents and has a zeal to create more Intellectual Property for the tech of future generations. As an Engineering Manager for Citrix Cloud Services, Bala is responsible for App Personalization Service for Citrix Client Apps & Global App Configuration Service for Citrix Workspace App. He is also the Engineering Manager & Product Owner for Citrix Files & Podio Mobile Apps on Android & iOS platforms. Prior to joining Citrix, Bala worked as a Senior Technical Manager / Staff Engineer at Samsung, where he was responsible for the development of Samsung Search & Query Suggestion for Samsung Android Smartphones. He also worked at Aricent as a Software Engineer, where he developed Real-Time Billing Solutions for Telecom Billing and a Mobile Video Optimization Gateway. Bala holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology. He has a vast experience in Senior Software Engineering, Mobile Development, Information Retrieval, NLP, ML, Microservices, Azure, Research Scientist, SQL, and Product Management. With 12.70 years of relevant experience, Bala is an excellent communicator and a technical leader with a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions to business problems.