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John J Balena

THE AGENCY - Houston/Sugar Land

πŸ“ Houston, Texas, United StatesπŸ”„ Updated November 2026πŸ’Ό 2 investmentsπŸ“… 13 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Sep 2015𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Sep 2015
Orca is a unified application release and configuration automation solution that provides: * Automated configuration drift detection and correction * Automated routine configuration change management * Configuration visibility * Configuration Audit and Compliance Reporting * Central, Secure Config Change Control and Compliance Enforcement at enterprise scale. * Application Release Automation Orca is an OpsDev application ecosystem automation solution for web based applications and middleware. IT Ops and WebOps teams use Orca to 1) automatically detect and correct configuration drift, 2) to centrally and securely bulk-deploy application and middleware changes at enterprise scale 3) automate compliance audit reporting and enforcement and 4) automate environment-aware deployments. For Dev teams, Orca minimizes the time it takes to bring new environments online and eliminates wasted time spent troubleshooting deployment problems. Orca's configuration workflow automation delivers ROI by cutting 'fire drills' and eliminating the risks inherent in open automation engines, one-off scripts, and directly accessing servers. Delivering ROI: Orca not only saves IT teams time, hassle and money with "routine" configuration changes, it also mitigates those "drop everything" fire-fighting modes that are way too common. And since Orca is a third-party supported solution with a dedicated road map, managers can feel confident that their enterprise is no longer dependent on homegrown or repurposed tools for their release and configuration automation and management.
Private Investor
Aug 2013
ITinvolve creates Cross-Team Workspaces that bring the right people, tools, information and analysis together to help teams do their jobs more effectively. Supporting workspaces for development and infrastructure projects, IT management processes, what-if scenarios, and environment analysis, ITinvolve is the application where IT and the business work together to achieve greater agility while ensuring operational stability and quality. Less searching, less guesswork, and fewer silos – that’s People Powered ITβ„’. For more information, visit www.itinvolve.com or follow on Twitter @ITinvolve
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2022
Senior Director, Compliance Business Unit, Strategic Partnerships, Corporate & Business Development
Mar 2022
CloudBees enables enterprises to deliver scalable, compliant, and secure software, empowering developers to do their best work. Seamlessly integrating into any hybrid and heterogeneous environment, CloudBees is a strategic partner in your cloud transformation journey, ensuring security, compliance, and operational efficiency while enhancing the developer experience across your entire software development lifecycle.
2015
Investor
Sep 2015
Orca is a unified application release and configuration automation solution that provides: * Automated configuration drift detection and correction * Automated routine configuration change management * Configuration visibility * Configuration Audit and Compliance Reporting * Central, Secure Config Change Control and Compliance Enforcement at enterprise scale. * Application Release Automation Orca is an OpsDev application ecosystem automation solution for web based applications and middleware. IT Ops and WebOps teams use Orca to 1) automatically detect and correct configuration drift, 2) to centrally and securely bulk-deploy application and middleware changes at enterprise scale 3) automate compliance audit reporting and enforcement and 4) automate environment-aware deployments. For Dev teams, Orca minimizes the time it takes to bring new environments online and eliminates wasted time spent troubleshooting deployment problems. Orca's configuration workflow automation delivers ROI by cutting 'fire drills' and eliminating the risks inherent in open automation engines, one-off scripts, and directly accessing servers. Delivering ROI: Orca not only saves IT teams time, hassle and money with "routine" configuration changes, it also mitigates those "drop everything" fire-fighting modes that are way too common. And since Orca is a third-party supported solution with a dedicated road map, managers can feel confident that their enterprise is no longer dependent on homegrown or repurposed tools for their release and configuration automation and management.
2013
Private Investor
Aug 2013
ITinvolve creates Cross-Team Workspaces that bring the right people, tools, information and analysis together to help teams do their jobs more effectively. Supporting workspaces for development and infrastructure projects, IT management processes, what-if scenarios, and environment analysis, ITinvolve is the application where IT and the business work together to achieve greater agility while ensuring operational stability and quality. Less searching, less guesswork, and fewer silos – that’s People Powered ITβ„’. For more information, visit www.itinvolve.com or follow on Twitter @ITinvolve
ComposableIT, Inc.
CEO & Founder
Apr 2013
2007
Prime Paradigms International, LLC
CEO & Co-Founder
Oct 2007
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