Sergey Perov
Bsc from MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS & TECHNOLOGY,MBA from MIT, 7yrs as Team Leader/Software engineer at CISCO SYSTEMS INC,15 months as Product Manager at NETWORK APPLIANCE INC, Presently CEO/Architect at PARROTVIEW INC.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Website: | http://www.parrotview.com |
| Skills: | Architecture, Business, Copy Writing, Design, Entrepreneurship, Languages, Leadership, Management, Russian, Writing |
| Location: | SF Bay Area |
| Groups: | BASES |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | PARROTVIEW, INC.,San Francisco, CA |
| Position: | CEO/Architect |
| Time period: | October 2008 - Present |
| Description: |
TECHNICAL VISION - Invented social co-shopping web application (patent pending) allowing friends to shop jointly on online retail sites (parrotview.com) DIVERSE BUSINESS SKILLS - Defined business model and marketing strategy; generated sales leads, presented to customers, established business partnerships LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE - Recruited, mentored and managed an international team of developers and consultants; wrote business plan and pitched it to investors; built a company advisory board BUSINESS OWNER - Launched and managed business operations; established scalable cloud based infrastructure and development environment DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES - Led rapid application development including building initial prototype and iterating product based on customer feedback and focus group studies |
| Employer: | NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC,Sunnyvale, CA |
| Position: | Product Manager |
| Time period: | July 2007 - September 2008 |
| Description: | STRONG EXECUTOR - Managed strategically important product line growing the annual revenue 80% annually to $50 mil; owned business plan, market and product requirements documents, strategy, forecasting, pricing and positioning
PRODUCT LIFECYCLE/CROSS-FUNCTIONAL - Led cross-functional team including engineering, product marketing, sales, channels, service and support, strategic alliances, operations and supply chain; managed the entire product lifecycle CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS TO PRODUCT - Interacted with customers and prospects to define market and product requirements; created product roadmaps and made build/buy/partner decisions TEACHER/MENTOR – Created and delivered sales training for the direct and channel partner sales forces |
| Employer: | CISCO SYSTEMS, INC ,Boxborough, MA |
| Position: | Engineering Team Leader/Software engineer |
| Time period: | January 1998 - December 2005 |
| Description: |
Led a global software engineering team through multiple product development cycles of advanced enterprise networking software leading to 100% annual product revenue growth between 2003 to 2005 Consulted to sales reps for top enterprise accounts, each generating annual sales > $10 million Mentored new employees in business and technical areas to advance into leadership positions Earned employee achievement awards, given to top 1% of employees, for outstanding customer experience |
| Employer: | PRESIDENT'S MEDICAL CENTER,Moscow, Russia |
| Position: | Technical Project Leader |
| Time period: | January 1997 - December 1998 |
| Description: | Pioneered the launch of the center’s first corporate network connecting five member hospitals |
EDUCATION
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2007 |
| Degree: | Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MBA |
| University: | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| Time period: | 1992 - 1997 |
| Degree: | Computer Science, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Clubs: | Elected president MediaTech Club(largest MIT Sloan club: 400+ members) |
| Awards: | Received Beeline Charitable Foundation award for contribution to the development of Russian science
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Sergey's Startups (1)
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Parrotview, Inc.
Parrotview enables groups of consumers to browse and shop online together in real-time.
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Yiting Shen
passionate, curious, persistent