Raj Shah – Percipient.Ai

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Professional Overview

  • As a proven technology, management, & business leader for 20+ years, Raj brings a unique combination of creative leadership, entrepreneurial success, management discipline, execution excellence, and global experience in how product, development, and Ops teams build technology products on a rhythm for commercial success.
  • His career spans from building successful start-ups to scaling and streamlining large team operations facing explosive growth, incl., setting up global operations in various geos.
  • Raj understands what it takes to organize creative teams of scientists, engineers, product managers, and designers to bring together the right ingredients to deliver market-ready products on a predictable rhythm.
  • Currently, Raj is a CPO@percipient.
  • He is also advising several companies.
  • At Microsoft, he led the maps organization, responsible for data and imagery acquisition and creation, and maps services to end-users and businesses for desktops/mobiles.
  • Under his leadership the team created assets that prompted Uber’s acquisition.
  • His early stints at Google included teaming with its senior execs and both the founders to establish a disciplined execution process for its exploding global engineering teams and projects across 50+ engineering centers worldwide.
  • Later, Raj headed creation of Google-owned Maps by establishing a large global infrastructure (managing a cross-geo team of >4,000) for all countries mapped by Google.
  • Crowd-sourcing integration further leveraged users' local knowledge power, making Google maps now the most used resource globally.
  • This is typically how Raj scales a nascent technology idea, establishes a deep infrastructure, and then delivers on a predictable rhythm to lead global markets.
  • Raj’s extensive technology background, his deep experience in product development, his successes in meeting GTM timelines, his network, and setting up scalable ops uniquely qualify him to take on challenges high-growth technology company may face.
Professional Experience
CompanyDesignationPeriod
Informix Software, IncN/AN/A
GoogleEngineering Director, MapsMar 2006 – May 2013
GRiD SystemsDirector, Communication and NetworkingMar 1982 – May 1988
MicrosoftGeneral Manager, MapsJun 2013 – Jul 2015
123SignupFounder, Chairman & CEOJun 1999 – Jan 2004
IntelSr Software EngineerJan 1980 – Feb 1982
Ketera TechnologiesVice President, Engineering & India OperationsFeb 2004 – Feb 2006
Independence TechnologiesVice President, Engineering and OperationsFeb 1988 – Jun 1994
AppleExecutive ConsultantDec 2015 – May 2016
Decide.comVice President, EngineeringDec 1998 – May 1999
Percipient.aiCo-Founder, Chief Product OfficerJan 2017 – Present

Estimated Net Worth

Estimated Range: ₹0 – ₹1000+ Cr (approx. $0 – $120M+)

Based on publicly accessible filings, industry benchmarks, and leadership compensation patterns.

Executive Contact

Official Email: Via Percipient.Ai corporate communication desk.

Personal Contact: Not publicly disclosed.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Raj Shah's net worth?
Estimated ₹0 – ₹1000+ Cr (approx. $0 – $120M+).

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Last Updated: December 2025 · Published by Affluense AI (affluense.ai)

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