Television Services over IP Broadband Networks (IPTV)
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Vice President at Minerva Networks
- Past
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- Vice President at Navio
- Director at Bytemobile
- Director at Propel
- Director at BEA
- Senior Consultant at Novell
- Software Engineer at UNIX System Laboratories
- Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Education
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- University of Pennsylvania
- American University of Paris
- Lycee Janson de Sailly
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Paul Tocatlian’s Summary
Twenty years of Software Engineering and Professional Services experience:
* Large-scale e-commerce and transactional solutions experience in telecom, media and entertainment, and financial services markets.
* Proven track record managing complex cross-functional projects on time and on budget, with the ability to handle difficult situations effectively.
* High-energy and hands-on approach, with an emphasis on organizational effectiveness, to challenging situations often found in rapidly changing environments.
Paul Tocatlian’s Specialties:
Internet Solutions
* Television Services over IP Broadband Networks (IPTV)
* Digital Media & Mobile Commerce (Web & WAP)
* Internet Acceleration and Optimization Technology
Enterprise Middleware
* Online Transaction Processing (OLTP)
* Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Organizational Leadership
* Organizational Effectiveness
* Project Management
* Customer Relationship Management
Paul Tocatlian’s Experience
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Vice President
Minerva Networks
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
Vice President, Engineering
Member of the executive team responsible for software development, quality assurance, and technical publications. Minerva Networks is a leading provider of open-platform, carrier-class solutions for the delivery of television services over IP broadband networks. -
Vice President
Navio
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
2005 — 2007 (2 years)
Vice President, Digital Media & Mobile Commerce Solutions
Member of the executive team responsible for developing and delivering e-commerce solutions that help media and entertainment companies sell and distribute digital media and mobile content through Web and WAP sites, blogs, and social networks.
Built and led the teams responsible for Web and WAP site designs and development, digital asset management, storefront merchandising, quality assurance, Web analytics, project management, and customer support.
Powered and managed large-scale storefronts and promotional campaigns – using AJAX, LAMP, and XML technologies – for Disney, EMI, FOX, L’Oreal, MasterCard, Shockwave, Sony BMG, Universal.
Successfully ingested over one million digital assets and delivered over one hundred projects from inception to deployment within P&L guidelines and responsibilities. -
Director
Bytemobile
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Wireless industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
Director, Internet Service Provider (ISP) Solutions
Responsible for the go-to-market strategy and program launch, supporting a worldwide sales team during pre- and post-sales activities. Helped adapt the existing wireless optimization product line for the ISP market, taking part in product definition, balancing time-to-market requirements and technology constraints. Led several key customer deployments, including tin.it Fast from Telecom Italia. -
Director
Propel
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
2000 — 2003 (3 years)
Director, Partner Services – Propel Web Accelerator
Helped establish, staff, and manage the channel partner and technical account management teams. Signed and deployed over 100 ISPs in 15 countries, including AT&T WorldNet, EarthLink and Bell South. Generated over $3 million within the first year of product launch. Responsible for ISP partner program definition, demand generation, account management, contract review and negotiation, service launch, and ongoing partner relations.
Director, Professional Services – Propel Commerce Server
Responsible for consulting, education, and customer support. Developed and offered a full range of consulting services, from skills transfer to project delivery. Designed a multi-track training curriculum, developed course materials, and delivered courses. Designed, implemented and launched the Propel Developer Network. -
Director
BEA
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; BEAS; Computer Software industry)
1996 — 1999 (3 years)
Director, Professional Services
Responsible for the development and rollout of service-oriented architecture (SOA) consulting services and best practices worldwide, including a series of architecture workshops and quick start programs. Authored a number of technical white papers, application development handbooks, and personally consulted on several major accounts, including E*Trade, United Airlines, and Quest Diagnostics.
Practice Director, Eastern Region
Led the creation and growth of the eastern region consulting practice. Put in place a team of over thirty business developers, engagement managers and technical consultants. Formulated and executed a strategy resulting in a fifteen-fold increase in monthly consulting revenue, consistently exceeding revenue, margin and utilization targets for nine consecutive quarters. Practice generated in excess of $5M in 1997 and $8M in 1998, representing a 150% in revenue attainment. -
Senior Consultant
Novell
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; NOVL; Computer Software industry)
1993 — 1995 (2 years)
Joined as part of UNIX System Laboratories acquisition.
Developed a transaction processing system for a major financial group in Mexico, which serves as a foundation for all of the company’s international trading transactions.
Developed a messaging gateway for AT&T that allows for reliable communications between dozens of loosely coupled systems.
Designed and developed a number of Tuxedo architecture, developer, administration, and internals courses. Taught these courses in the U.S. and abroad.
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Software Engineer
UNIX System Laboratories
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
1990 — 1993 (3 years)
Joined as part of spin-off from AT&T Bell Laboratories.
Member of the Tuxedo System Engineering Group. Developed the user authentication sub-systems, unsolicited notification messaging interfaces, and systems administration command line utilities. -
Member of Technical Staff
AT&T Bell Laboratories
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)
1987 — 1990 (3 years)
Developed product requirements (PRD) for AT&T's UNIX System V implementation of the OSI protocol suite, including the OSI distributed transaction processing (OSI-TP) services and protocol.
Characterized the performance of AT&T’s OSI communications platform. Responsibilities included planning a performance characterization study, developing performance tools and benchmarks, conducting performance tests, analyzing system performance and defining performance requirements.
Paul Tocatlian’s Education
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University of Pennsylvania
M.S.E. , Computer and Information Science , 1986 — 1989
Teaching Fellowship
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American University of Paris
B.S. , Computer Science , 1982 — 1986
Summa Cum Laude Honors
GPA: 3.549/4,0- Activities and Societies:
- 1985-86 Computer Science Student Degree Representative
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Lycee Janson de Sailly
Baccalaureat , Economics , 1982
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Paul Tocatlian’s Honors:
BEA Achiever's Club (1997, 1998)
BEA Systems User Conference Presenter (1997, 1998, 1999)
BusinessWeek Profiled Visionary Leader by Toshiba (1999)
Novell's BrainShare User Conference Presenter (1995)
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