About
Rhumbora is a consulting practice led by Vladimir 'Val' Taft (SF Bay Area) and Ankur Saini (Canada).
We have done the systems work on both sides of the divide: the consulting and vendor side, and the customer side. That experience spans IBM Global Services, Deloitte, Oracle Consulting, and Oracle Cloud. The combined background covers CXO-level and technical consulting, data center migration and provisioning, go-live and hypercare programs, and leading multiple IT organizations in the high-tech industry.
On the Oracle side we managed and executed go-live assurance and hypercare for large enterprise migrations. The revenue protected through that work exceeds the figures already established on those programs, with additional recovery and stabilization delivered on top.
Earlier work includes product-line leadership at a venture-funded startup (later acquired by Tektronix) and leadership of Oracle's AllianceOnline partner channel, recognized with Oracle's Club Excellence.
Cloud work covers the leading hyperscalers. Multiple infrastructure, cloud-architect, and AI-related certifications are held across the team.
We use AI tools on the work—briefs, evidence, repetitive process steps—with a person still accountable for the result. The name Rhumbora reflects the same idea: hold a clear course through changing conditions.