IT & technology management
IT strategy, organizational leadership, service delivery, team development, technology budgets, procurement, vendor partnerships, risk management, infrastructure investment decisions, and operational accountability.
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Business and technology leader with 25+ years of experience guiding complex programs, leading teams, improving operations, and building technology-enabled businesses. I connect strategy, people, and execution to deliver practical results.
01 / About
Business-minded.
Technology-driven.
I’m Michael Perillo, a business-minded leader with more than 25 years of experience across technology management, enterprise programs, operational improvement, and entrepreneurship. My career has evolved from a strong technical foundation into leading people, priorities, budgets, vendors, and cross-functional initiatives.
My professional background includes the University of California system, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Google, Celera, MobiTV, Network Optix, and Toscano Group. These reflect experience across different organizations and engagements, not a list of current employers.
I’ve guided multi-site operations, coordinated large product and platform launches, supported regulated research initiatives, and built businesses serving commercial customers. I’m at my best when aligning stakeholders, removing obstacles, managing risk, and turning complicated work into measurable outcomes.
02 / Expertise
Different disciplines.
One connected perspective.
Program & project leadership
Cross-functional program delivery, portfolio priorities, Agile and traditional methodologies, stakeholder alignment, roadmaps, budgets, change management, governance, production launches, and executive communication.
Business operations & strategy
Entrepreneurship, business planning, financial oversight, process improvement, contracts, supplier relationships, KPI reporting, operational efficiency, and scaling services across teams and functions.
Products, platforms & growth
SaaS and digital-product strategy, commercialization, subscription operations, e-commerce, customer experience, platform transitions, automation opportunities, and product lifecycle coordination.
03 / Specialized experience
Where technology meets governance, science, and business.
Export controls & compliance
U.S. export controls and Export Administration Regulations (EAR) considerations; OFAC sanctions and restricted-party screening; compliance workflow evaluation involving Visual Compliance and GeoComply; privacy and consent governance involving OneTrust; coordination with legal, security, and institutional stakeholders. Focused on translating requirements into workable platform policies and operational controls.
Research technology
Scientific computing and research-supporting platforms; cloud-hosted data workflows, access restrictions, sensitive-data handling, migration planning, platform transitions, and production-readiness coordination. Experience bridging researchers, engineers, institutional administration, and technology operations.
Enterprise IT governance & delivery
Leadership across multi-site IT environments, service management, infrastructure modernization programs, cloud and colocation strategy, vendor selection, procurement, business continuity, operational metrics, and coordination of specialized technical teams.
Business platforms & commercialization
SaaS product operations, subscription models, commercialization strategy, e-commerce workflows, API integrations, customer onboarding, pricing considerations, vendor relationships, and the financial and operational realities of running a technology-enabled business. Cross-functional execution.
Export ControlsRestricted-Party ScreeningSanctions ComplianceData GovernanceResearch ComputingCloud InfrastructureEnterprise ITIT OperationsTechnical Program ManagementPlatform MigrationVendor ManagementSaaSRisk ManagementDigital Transformation
04 / How I work
Technology should solve business problems. Not create new ones.
Good technology decisions balance reliability, risk, cost, and the people who depend on the outcome.
Clarity and accountability
Translate technical tradeoffs into understandable decisions, establish ownership, and keep teams focused on outcomes.
Practical collaboration
Connect engineering, operations, business, and institutional stakeholders around workable solutions—not technology for its own sake.
05 / Selected experience
Leadership in action.
A selection of programs, operational challenges, and business initiatives that illustrate the scope of my work—without an employment timeline.
Leading enterprise IT services
Helped lead technology operations supporting geographically distributed organizations, including a biotechnology environment with 600+ employees and 1,200+ endpoints. Experience includes coordinating support teams, setting service priorities, strengthening operational processes, and aligning IT delivery with business needs.
Coordinating major product launches
Managed release coordination for 30+ mobile product and content launches supporting a service footprint of approximately one million devices. Brought engineering, QA, operations, and external partners together around launch readiness, issue resolution, communication, and reliable delivery.
Directing infrastructure investment
Led and coordinated data-center expansion and modernization initiatives involving multi-rack environments, vendor negotiations, procurement, resilience planning, virtualization, and cloud strategy. The emphasis: reliable services, controlled costs, and informed investment decisions—not technology for its own sake.
Navigating regulated programs
Coordinated stakeholders across technology, research, legal, compliance, and institutional functions on platform transitions and governance requirements. Work has included export-control considerations, sanctions and restricted-party screening, data migration planning, privacy controls, and operational readiness.
Building and operating businesses
Founded and operated technology-enabled ventures with responsibility spanning product decisions, customer relationships, software initiatives, suppliers, commercial operations, and financial management. Directed automation efforts connecting manufacturing, order management, logistics, and fulfillment.
Improving commercial operations
Managed e-commerce and business operations across online marketplaces and owned channels, with experience in catalog strategy, product launches, pricing considerations, vendor relationships, fulfillment workflows, analytics, and scalable customer service processes.
06 / Foundation
Business perspective. Technical fluency.
B.S. in Business Administration (Management Information Systems)
San Francisco State University
Early research experience includes Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Stanford research environments. My subsequent work has crossed biotechnology, consumer technology, enterprise infrastructure, and technology entrepreneurship.
Technical foundation spanning enterprise systems, cloud platforms, networking, software integrations, and automation. That depth helps me ask better questions, assess tradeoffs, and lead technical specialists while staying focused on people, delivery, budgets, and business outcomes.
07 / Contact
Connect.
For professional correspondence, please contact me directly.