References for Rajiv on LinkedIn.com
“Rajiv is a very resourceful manager. He always able to find supports from the top management and empower his staff to take calculated risks for innovated ideas. He is also a great leader, he respects his staff and always find time when people need his support.” (November 27, 2006)
“Rajiv is very bright, hard-working, creative and passionate about his enginerring and development work on the internet. Rajiv never wants to do things the way they have already been done, Rajiv has always been top engineer in non-tech companies, requiring him to figure out how to get to the goal on his own. That is perhaps Rajiv's greatest strength - his resourcefulness and self-reliance.” (April 24, 2005)
"One of the best managers I have had. Rajiv is intelligent and thinks out of the box. He is never frustrated by a problem or obstacle but rather embraces the challenge and looks for creative resolutions." (April 11, 2008)
“Rajiv is a visionary technologist with the ability to communicate and win support for his ideas as well as the execution skills necessary to bring them into being. He has always been an enthusiastic, motivating manager who also has time to spend with individual team members.” (November 30, 2006)
“Rajiv and I worked together at Knight Ridder Digital. The platform for Knight Ridder's network of websites is built on Rajiv's original Cofax platform. That's quite an accomplishment! He's very quick to understand requirements and believes that everything is possible. Rajiv is very customer service-oriented, always friendly, and a fun person to have around. I highly recommend him! --K.” (September 16, 2005)
“Rajiv is bright, extremely creative and entrepreneurial. This combines with his strong technical skills to create a powerful package.” (November 22, 2006)
“Rajiv is a creative and visionary technologist. He was responsible for much of the early success of Philly.com, the Philadephia Inquirer's popular Web site, and then helped build out Knight Ridder's network of newspaper sites in more than 20 markets. Rajiv has a track record of helping traditional publishing organizations move forward with the latest online technologies.” (November 22, 2006)
“I managed Product Development at KRD and looked to Rajiv to help me find innovative solutions to our business goals and objectives, and was continually impressed by his ability to see the market trends and our requirements and create technical solutions for them.” (November 18, 2005)
“Rajiv already was at legendary status when I arrived at Philly.com (while still a full-time student at Temple, he wrote the application that converted ATEX to HTML -- something thought near-impossible). In my own experience with him, I found Rajiv to be a willing parter in my efforts to update the look of the product. "Yes, that is no problem," was the common reply from Rajiv.” (September 27, 2004)
“I worked with Rajiv from his Atex-to-HTML wizardy days as a programmer, until he left Knight Ridder Digital as a vice president of engineering. He is truly a remarkably gifted person, and any company would be very lucky to have him on board. He was able to make the impossible possible.” (November 21, 2006)
“Rajiv is a brilliant programmer, a tireless worker and a gentleman.” (August 16, 2006)
“Rajiv works well in a rapidly evolving, high-demand environment. He has more than 10 major stakeholders to keep happy, each with their own unique sense of urgency. He is responsible not only for the development of new technology, but continued support for the dozens of live products in production for a growing network of media web sites. He leads his team with skill and compassion.” (February 22, 2006)
“Rajiv is a remarkable individual and I have long admired his savvy, charisma, and deep industry knowledge. When I first joined Knight Ridder Digital as an intern he took me under his wing and taught me how to distinguish myself in a professional environment, eventually leading to a fulltime offer at KRD. The relationships he builds with his collegues are genuine and he is one of the first people I turn to for career advice.” (November 22, 2006)