Brian A. Perrotta
Ramona, California 92065 Mobile: 619-***-****
Email: *********@*****.***
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Professional Summary
Results driven, self-motivated, and an acumen for driving sales
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and meet critical deadlines
Sharp analytical skills to tackle complex problems
Key contributor with proven leadership qualities Technical Applications/Tools
Programming Languages: C++, Java, Python, LUA, VB, CN .Net SDK/tools, Perl, HTML, ASP, VBScript, Jscript, XML/XSL, and MySQL.
Operating Systems/Platforms: Android SDK, Brew, Windows 7, XP, 2000, Windows 2003 Server, VMWare, Redhat Linux, Win CE .Net, Pocket PC.
Customer Support Tools: FocalPoint, Salesforce, Agile, Prism, Doors, TeamTrack, Blackduck, Jira.
Wireless Technologies: VoIP, Symbol and Cisco 802.11b/g wireless access points and RF radio card products, Bluetooth, WAN/LAN networking.
Build/SCM Tools: Perforce, ABServer/qpbuild, TeamTrack, BREW 3.x/4.x, BREW simulators and debuggers, Installer technologies (WiX, Install shield).
Hardware platforms: FFA62xx, FFA68xx, FFA75xx families. BREW Tools, Fujitsu handheld terminals, Compaq iPAQ, Symbol scanners. Professional Experience
Qualcomm, Inc.
San Diego, California
Technical Account Manager, Staff Engineer 2011 – Present
Primary interface to both OEM and ISV DSP customers within a sales engineering capacity.
Key technical resource responsible for driving revenue and qualifying new accounts.
Align efforts with both engineering and product management teams to ensure levels of support are in line with customer expectations.
Manage key chipset builds across complete family of Snapdragon SoC processors.
Lead new account onboarding including NDA and Commercial Agreement submission and execution.
Senior Engineer / Brew MP Developer Evangelist
2010 - 2011
Champion the Brew MP platform across OEM/ODM, Operator, and Developer communities.
Functional sales engineer with primary duties related to direct customer engineering and partner support initiatives as well as training and customer on-boarding activities.
Work closely with Product/Program Management teams to ensure platform and tool support meets customer expectations.
Initiate and monitor Open source and Export Compliance activities.
Responsible for Brew MP website support channels including sample code releases, documentation of tools, and platform training content initiatives.
Track platform requests for new functionality through various functional requirement systems. Senior Engineer
2007 - 2010
Release engineer responsible for all QIS client uiOne and BREW software releases.
Primary duties include end-to-end management of releases from initial design, through development, into final release and delivery.
Support of numerous build infrastructures including software maintenance and upgrades.
Clear communication with diverse teams, both written and verbal.
Mentor engineering and secondary support staff in divisional release processes. Engineer
2006 – 2007
Established solid knowledge of SCM tools such as Perforce as well as various release supporting tools including Agile and TeamTrack.
Created solid and respected partnerships with additional Qualcomm teams.
Developed and maintained build scripts written in Python and Perl.
Responsible for maintaining integrity of build archival historical data using MySQL. Brian A. Perrotta
16145 Arena Drive
Ramona, California 92065 Mobile: 619-***-****
Email: *********@*****.***
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IT Engineer
2004 – 2006
Responsible for administration of corporate SMS infrastructure.
Scripted, deployed and monitored Microsoft security patches and performed remote end-user software configurations scanning across global corporate environment.
Create scripted SMS installers as vehicles to distribute various software applications remotely.
Write various support utilities utilizing Visual Studio .Net to query and present data from SQL databases to leverage WMI querying technologies.
Software Engineer
2003 – 2004
Responsible for setup and configuration of Qualcomm’s Wireless Data Lab. Familiar with CDMA 1x/EVDO, GPRS, and GSM architectures, including exposure to Brew application suite and tools.
Set up and configuration of various mobile phones, PDAs and workstations for wireless internet access in a demonstration environment.
Coordination of and maintenance for the lab’s intranet websites written in ASP/VB using Microsoft Visual Studio .Net development environment.
ICL Retail Systems Inc.
San Diego, California
Senior Technical Consultant 2002 – 2003
Program management activities responsible for pilot rollouts with various large US retailers including Best Buy and Staples, implementing the iPAD Windows CE .NET handheld terminal.
Defined and conducted 802.11b wireless site surveys with external customers.
Managed iPAD product firmware and software validation and Bluetooth certification processes.
Coordinated logistics, and executed delivery and installation for complete line of handheld products and peripherals including use of the Peregrine suite of products for Asset Management and Services.
Key technical support contact for field sales organization 7x24. Senior Web Developer 2001 – 2002
Key member of web development group responsible for migration of various website content and cross-platform and browser compatibility.
Extensive server and client side script development.
Primary end-user support channel coordinator.
Senior Member of Technical Staff 1995 – 2001
Key software developer responsible for writing and testing various handheld applications including APIs, firmware, and system-level utilities.
Identified systems and interface requirements and developed software design specifications.
Year 2000 program manager responsible for entire handheld product line.
Technical support liaison for European sales force. Education
University of Redlands
San Diego, California
Bachelor of Science in Information Systems
1993
San Diego City College
San Diego, California
Associate of Arts in Business Administration
1988
Goals/Career Planning
Continue to establish myself as a key contributor in a leading wireless development arena.
Continue to play a fundamental role in customer engineering and customer relationship management.