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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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  • Parrotview, Inc.

    Parrotview enables groups of consumers to browse and shop online together in real-time.

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