Company Info for bitria.io | IcebreakerMembers
Broad-spectrum B2B marketing leader with experience and skills well suited to launching startups and growing early-stage companies. I have great people skills and the ability to lead and mentor to grow new business and expand into new markets.
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Built the institutional marketing function at Winklevoss twins’ crypto exchange Gemini, establishing valuable new footprint and revenue for the company in multiple institutional market segments.
Worked with the founding team at blockchain fintech/wealthtech startup BITRIA to launch their crypto portfolio management platform for wealth and asset managers. BITRIA was acquired by Gemini.
Led marketing at network automation startup Sedona Systems to secure first high-profile Fortune 100 customers including Verizon, AT&T Mexico, and Vodafone. Sedona was acquired by Cisco Systems.
Grew marketing at optical networking startup CALIENT Technologies leading to 100% YOY revenue growth over three years and breakthrough sales in hyperscale data centers (Google).
Built multiple new startup businesses within larger firms (Commscope, Broadcom, ADVA Optical, Ericsson), opening up new market segments and revenue streams.
EXPERTISE and SKILLS
➡️ Extensive early-stage experience (Gemini, BITRIA, Sedona Systems, Calient, ADVA)
➡️ Broad range of industry experience - Fintech, Blockchain, Crypto / Web3, Networking, Telecom
➡️ Leader and mentor who motivates team members to do their best work
➡️ Expert communicator with excellent presentation and written communication skills
➡️ Marketing Plan Development, Brand Strategy, Positioning, Messaging
➡️ Product Launches, PR & Media Outreach, Analyst Relations
➡️ Content Strategy and Event Planning 
Blessed to be able to explore my technical passion & curiosity by collaborating with cross-functional teams to build the BITRIA product at Gemini. I received my bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) - "Zot! Zot!". My career interests include software development, design, automation, adoption of new technologies, best practices, mentorship, and, most of all, leadership. Transferable skills that my peers would describe as most prominent across my experiences are: adaptability, teamwork, communication, & problem solving. My colleagues would describe me as wholehearted and enthusiastic, especially when tackling new challenges or meeting new people - please feel free to say, “Hello”!
Technical Credential
• Core Expertise: Python, Java
• Frameworks: Django, Hibernate, J2EE, JQuery, JSP, JUnit, Material UI, MVC, MVT, Selenium, Spring Boot, SQLAlchemy
• Integrations: Active Directory (AD), Adobe Creative Cloud (ACC), Amazon Web Services (AWS), AppBroker, Aspera, CCXT, ClearCase, Docker, DocuSign, FlexNet Manager Suite (FNMS), JAMF, JFrog Artifactory, Microsoft, O365, Oracle, RedHat, SCCM, ServiceNow (SNOW), Slack, UrbanCode uDeoloy, UrbanCode uDeploy, UrbanCode uRelease, VMWare VCenter, VMWare VSphere, WebEx
• Tools: Android SDK, Atlassian JIRA, Argo CD, AWS Lambda, BitBucket, Caddy, Celery, Docker, Eclipse, FlexPLM, GitHub Actions, Helm, HP UFT (QTP), JUnit, Kubernetes, Lens, Maven, Monday, MySQL, Oracle, Quality Center (QC)/ALM, RabbitMQ, Redis, ReFlex, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), ScienceLogic, Selenium WebDriver, Sentry, SonarQube, Spinnaker, Spring (STS), Terraform, Tomcat, UiPath, Vault, VMware Fusion, VMware vSphere
• OS: Linux/Unix, OSX, Windows, Android
• Database: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS SQL Server
• Methodologies: Agile (Scrum & Kanban), Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), Waterfall
Learning:
• https://app.pluralsight.com/profile/austin-raun
• https://degreed.com/auraun/ 
