Nitan Chitkara,
Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships at Percolate Inc
Manny is one of the smartest technologists I have had the pleasure of working with. He runs an efficient team and surrounds himself with the smartest people who help him make the right decisions. He's also very dedicated to creating the best and most efficient products. He's very diligent and thorough, not leaving any solution to chance and always ready with the right fix should any problem arise. Manny's best quality, however, is his keen ability to understand the business case and uses for the products he creates, making him a valuable asset in most of my late-stage partnership meetings.
Jerry Lyons,
CEO, Carver Scientific
Manny has that combination of intelligence, presence, and determination that every company needs. Had the opportunity to work with him at UGO Networks and again at Adgregate Markets -looking forward to the next time we get to work together.
Gordan Topalovic,
CTO at Consumable
Manny Berrios is one of a kind - Great team player, strong character and above all passionate leader and technologist. We have been in situation where only few will find solution for such complex tasks. Biggest advantage when working with Manny is his ability to acquire more information which always brought us to better results and solutions. At the end all only the best one survives and one thanks for that goes to him.
Jaime Munoz,
Co-Founder of My App Code LLC.
After working in the industry for over 15 years I can only say Manny is perhaps the best technologist I have had the pleasure of working with. He is incredibly knowledgeable about the past, current and future trends in our industry. He has also been committed to innovating and bringing real value to any project or company he has worked for. He hired me many years ago to work for his consultancy company, were we worked on numerous projects dealing with clients that spanned the business spectrum. The leadership and innovation he brought to each project allowed us to make a difference in each of our clients offerings. We also worked to build one of the first grid computing platforms that visualized the applications space, way ahead of our time. The company was eventually acquired by an Ad commerce company.
John Underwood,
Managing Partner of Oak Investment Funds
Manny is an exceptionally passionate technologist with the breadth of experience and skills necessary to truly fulfill the role of CTO. To name a few areas in which Manny's contributions are invaluable: long-term product and business strategy, building an engineering team, solving complex technical challenges, and the nuts and bolts of IT infrastructure. With Manny's expertise, combined with his enthusiasm and work ethic, I can recommend him without hesitation.
Ari Kaplan,
CFO and COO at Inhance Digita
You would be hard pressed to find any technology professional with as broad a range of expertise as Manny Berrios. I hired Manny for a very specific task, a technology infrastructure overhawl. What I got after the overhawl was completed (ahead of schedule and underbudget I should add) was an invaluable voice on my management team, a trusted colleague and a life long personal friend and confidant. Manny is someone who understoods how to bridge the gap between business objectives and technology. He has a very entrepreneurial mindset which allows him to think outside the box, anticipate downline cause and effect, and accomplish tasks and objectives by creating and utilizing resources that may not exist or be obvious to current management. He is dynamic, charismatic, sharp, intuitive and an excellent communicator. Anyone who is privileged enough to work with him will understand why he is the successful leader he is
Yul Wasserman,
Database Architect at Point B
It was my pleasure to work with Manny Berrios. In my opinion Manny is exactly what an ideal CTO should be: knowledgeable, organized, attentive to people. Manny possesses: - a strategic vision of Information Technology, its tendencies and place in the overall company’s business; - vast and deep knowledge of various aspects of IT, from the hardware capacity planning and system administration to application development, implementation and troubleshooting. Not once I was amazed by his ability to unmistakably point out the core of a technical problem in a complex multiplatform environment. - extraordinary people skills. A perfect communicator, Manny managed to get most challenging projects done without unnecessary pressure on his subordinates and colleagues. I have no doubt, Mr. Berrios has all qualifications for the most demanding IT management positions.
Manu Lawrence,
CEO of Innovation Nation
Manny is a great technologist, and entrepreneur. He a has the rare combination of fundamental acumen and out of the box vision. He is a great leader and has the uncanny ability to communicate with every player in a project/company with laser insight; and it in the manner that he can build and manage diverse teams under extreme pressure as if it were nothing. It has always been a pleasure to work with Manny and there is no doubt that he will bring success to any venture he is involved in.
Enrique Arbelaez,
Co-Founder of CIEN+ and Managing Director
A fierce and savvy entrepreneur with passion for everything he does. Manny's expertise in technology are only overshadowed by hisnegotiating entrepreneurship spirit. Keep it going Manny!
Sharon Kelley,
Partner at Bridge Strategy and Marketing
Manny is one of those unique 'geeks' who is great at leading programming teams, but is also great in front of clients. Due to Manny's skill set, he solved major issues with product feeds and ecommerce systems to deliver great products. Manny's ability to work seemingly 24 hours, never-say-die attitude, and problem solving makes him a great asset for any company he works with.
Aric Austin,
Founder at MyStorage
Manny is a very capable and knowledgeable business leader who helped todrive UGO to its success in the early years. Definitely someone Iwould recommend.
John Nirmal Rajkumar,
SQL Server Consultant at Guardian Life Insurance
During my tenure at UGO Networks (1999-2001), I had the opportunity to work with Manny Berrios. It was an exciting period of the DOT COM bubble. In matter of months, UGO experienced expansion and retrenchment. I found Manny Berrios to be a leader who was adept in adjusting to constant change. Manny had a clear vision and strategy. He was a great communicator, I admired his ability to address important issues, encourage others to act on those issues and develop others’ confidence to make important decisions on their own. I wish Manny all the best in his future endeavors.
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