Patrick Ritto

Current

VP Engineering, Enterprise Services at Qualcomm

Past

CTO and VP of Engineering at Nirvanix
Vice President, CDN Engineering & QA at Internap
Chief Technology Officer at VitalStream

Director of Software Engineering at Overland Storage
Team Founder at Oracle
Director of Engineering at Oracle
Senior Software Engineer at Oracle
Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Recommended

4 people have recommended Patrick

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

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Patrick Ritto’s Summary

Over 20 years of experience in software development, leading and managing complex software projects including databases, networking, storage, streaming media, and Internet-based systems. Deep technical and management experience in a variety of areas such as application software, systems software, embedded software, firmware, hardware, and networking.

Patrick Ritto’s Specialties:

Strategic Technology Leadership
Engineering and Operations Management
Enterprise-grade Software Development
Large-scale Systems Architecture
Streaming Media
Content Delivery and Monetization
Cloud Storage and Computing
Wireless Services

Patrick Ritto’s Experience

VP Engineering, Enterprise Services

Qualcomm

(Public Company; QCOM; Telecommunications industry)

January 2009 — Present (7 months)

Leading the engineering team for the Enterprise Services division, providing global wireless solutions in several key verticals, from vehicle and industrial equipment to emerging segments like telemedicine and content delivery to consumer electronics devices.
CTO and VP of Engineering

Nirvanix

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

April 2008 — January 2009 (10 months)

Led Engineering, Operations, IT, and Customer Support for the innovative Storage Delivery Network, an industry-leading global cloud storage platform.
Vice President, CDN Engineering & QA

Internap

(Public Company; Internet industry)

April 2007 — March 2008 (1 year)

Led the company's CDN Engineering, Advertising Engineering, and Quality Assurance teams.
Chief Technology Officer

VitalStream

(Internet industry)

September 2006 — March 2007 (7 months)

Oversaw the company's product development and technical operations efforts worldwide. Responsibilities include product engineering, network operations, data center operations, IT and customer support.
Director of Software Engineering

Overland Storage

(Public Company; OVRL; Computer Hardware industry)

July 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 1 month)

ULTAMUS, REO, NEO
Team Founder

Oracle

(Public Company; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

June 2000 — July 2005 (5 years 2 months)

Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
Real Application Clusters
Server Technologies
Director of Engineering

Oracle

(Public Company; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

March 1996 — June 1999 (3 years 4 months)

Oracle Video Server
Interactive TV Division
Senior Software Engineer

Oracle

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ORCL; Computer Software industry)

June 1990 — February 1996 (5 years 9 months)

Oracle Database (Kernel Group)
Data Storage Technologies
Software Engineer

Digital Equipment Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HPQ; Computer Software industry)

June 1987 — June 1990 (3 years 1 month)