Mr. Armando Pereira Senior Member

Alamo, California , USA  •  IEEE Oakland-East Bay Section
Tagline
We Deliver Strategic Innovation, Market Growth And Profitability
Contact
  • Phone
    +19252621024 (Work)
    +19258905777 (Cell)
    +19259338503 (Home)
Biography
Pioneering, Entrepreneurial Global Executive who leverages ground-breaking engineering, business development, sales and general management expertise to unlock the value of emerging technologies. Drives critical market share and revenue growth within start-up, fast growth and turnaround environments. Presents a stellar record building and leading joint ventures worldwide, including China, India, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Brazil and the US. Possesses a natural talent for articulating direction, fostering consensus from internal and external stakeholders and building world-class, high performance, multicultural teams. Extensive experience with innovation (Led development of EPON, helped launch the IEEE 802.3ah standard); turnaround; diversification and growth, and; mentoring (involved with accelerators in Silicon Valley and in Europe and fostering high-tech competitions worldwide.
Technical Expertise
Telecon and Telephone
New Product Development
Automation
Business Planning
Fiber Optics
Management
Marketing
Test Equipment/Systems
Special Skills
Technical Specialties
Consultant working with startup and NASDAQ companies to specify products, develop marketing strategies, work in business development projects, and raise venture financing. Particular areas of expertise are the IoT ecosystem including analytics with AI and machine learning, residential networking and edge computing. Project experience in autonomous and connected vehicles, industrial internet-of-things,fog and edge computing, cellular networking, residential broadband using copper (DSL) and fiber (xPON). Mentoring experience in the US and in Europe and a member of the Startup Chile Program.
Interests
Advanced driver assistance systems
Artificial intelligence
Autonomous automobiles
Expert systems
Intelligent systems
IP
Broadband communication
Computer networks
IP networks
Internet
Local area networks
Knowledge management
Experience
Chairman of the Board/President/CEO
PVentures Group, Inc.
Education
Santa Clara University
MBA
Technical Communications, Education, Management, Law and Policy , 1991
Santa Clara University
Master of Science
Engineering , 1985
San Jose State Univ
Bachelor of Science
Engineering , 1982