Alan Cima
About Alan Cima
Alan Cima is a Principal Engineer at Coupa Software with extensive experience in software architecture, data processing, and AI technologies.
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Alan Cima currently holds the position of Principal Engineer at Coupa Software. He has been associated with this role since 2018.
Professional Experience at Coupa Software
Alan Cima is employed at Coupa Software as a Principal Engineer. His responsibilities include architecting highly scalable multi-tenant SaaS services. He has been in this role since 2018.
Professional Experience at Udemy
Alan served at Udemy in various capacities, including Director of Backend Systems in 2018 for three months, Architect from 2016 to 2018 for two years, and Senior Full Stack Engineer from 2016 to 2018. His work at Udemy was based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Professional Experience at Other Companies
Alan has extensive experience in high-level positions across multiple companies. He was Principal Architect at Service Source from 2012 to 2014, Architect - Contractor at Intuit in 2012, Hewlett-Packard in 2011, and Dun & Bradstreet from 2009 to 2011. He worked as Senior Security Architect at Edgile, Inc. from 2004 to 2009 and as Senior Architect at LiveCapital in 2002. Other roles include Senior Architect at Dunk.net from 2001 to 2002, Director, Technical Structure at HomeGain from 1999 to 2001, and various technical and leadership roles at Etrade, Visa International, Weathernews, and Thiokol.
Educational Background
Alan Cima's academic credentials include an AB in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley (1972-1976), and pursuit of a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Utah (1976-1979). He also studied at INSEAD, achieving an SM in International Business in 1985.
Technical Expertise
Alan Cima specializes in architecting scalable SaaS services, large scale data processing pipelines, and data sciences. His background includes AI technologies like NLP, machine learning, and inference. He is experienced in Agile SDLC, continuous integration and deployment, and DevOps practices. Known for creating rapid prototypes, Alan explores new technologies to share knowledge across organizations.