Bala Gopalan manages the Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager, a product he conceptualized and built from the ground up for transforming clouds into profitable businesses. A seasoned leader, entrepreneur and technology partner, Bala has over 17 years of experience building products, services and businesses in the areas of eBusiness, eLearning, SaaS, and Cloud. Bala is Senior Director of Product Management at Citrix and based in Santa Clara, CA (USA).