Pervez Sikora

Current

Chief Operating Officer at Ad2Pro Media Solutions

Past

Vice President, Product Management at IPTouch
Director of Advertising Technology at Los Angeles Times
Chief Technology Officer at Ivus Technical Services

Principal and Founder at Strategic Systems (Sole Proprietorship)
Programming Manager at Dunn-Edwards

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Education

University of Southern California
Osmania University

Recommended

7 people have recommended Pervez

Connections

186 connections

Industry

Media Production

Websites

Pervez Sikora’s Summary

I am passionate about creating new businesses, developing new products and building organizations. My sweet spot is to create technology based products and services that deliver real value. My education and early background has been in technology and software development. I have held progressive leadership roles in both large organizations and early stage start-ups.

Right now I run the operations and technology of a media production company that I founded in 2006.

Pervez Sikora’s Specialties:

Strategic planning, Innovation, Business Management, Building high performance teams, Vendor management, Technology Architecture, Organization development and Financial planning.

Pervez Sikora’s Experience

Chief Operating Officer

Ad2Pro Media Solutions

(Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)

Founder and senior executive leading the operations, product and technology strategy for an off-shore advertising management company. Responsible for R&D, Product Management, Operations, Technology and Strategic Planning.
Vice President, Product Management

IPTouch

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 2006 — October 2006 (8 months)

Develop product roadmap and drive marketing and brand strategy; Build IP through development of patentable technology
Director of Advertising Technology

Los Angeles Times

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRB; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2001 — March 2006 (4 years 9 months)

Responsible for the development of strategies to leverage technology for driving growth in the advertising business. Key achievements included the development and execution of e-commerce and business intelligence initiatives within the organization. Also responsible for the management of the technology infrastructure that supports the $1B advertising business at the newspaper.
Chief Technology Officer

Ivus Technical Services

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

June 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 1 month)

Development of a technology strategy to effectively support a customer support services operation. Responsibilities included the management of a CRM infrastructure and the setup of an off-shore center in India.
Principal and Founder
Strategic Systems (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1995 — June 2000 (5 years 6 months)
Programming Manager

Dunn-Edwards

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Building Materials industry)

January 1988 — April 1991 (3 years 4 months)

Responsible for the delivery of manufacturing, workflow, order entry and billing applications at a premier provider of paint and wallcovering products.