Raju Malhotra

Raju Malhotra is the Chief Product and Technology Officer at Certinia, where he leads the company’s product strategy, engineering, and technology innovation. With a distinguished career spanning high-growth startups and global public enterprises, Raju is a seasoned leader in the B2B SaaS and cloud computing sectors.

Before joining Certinia, Raju served as CPTO at PAR Technology, a role he assumed following the acquisition of the Bay Area startup Punchh. His extensive leadership background also includes serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Marketing Cloud at Salesforce, acting as CPTO for a private equity portfolio company, and spending 12 years in various leadership capacities at Microsoft.

Raju holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.