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Mr. Mercado oversees and directs all engineering operations globally and ensures products meet quality and sales objectives. Mr. Mercado joins Xceedium with over two decades of experience in building and leading engineering operations to exceed customer expectations at high technology companies. Prior to Xceedium, Mr. Mercado was the Director of Engineering Tools and Services at Trend Micro where he was responsible for the software configuration management, globalization, methodologies, tools, training, and standards and patent programs. While at Trend Micro, Mr. Mercado demonstrated his strong leadership qualities. He administered the Idea Lab program to solicit innovative ideas from employees and identify new products, services and markets for Trend Micro to develop high growth business. Prior to Trend Micro, Mr. Mercado served as Senior Director of Solutions and Support at TurboLinux, a leading Linux software company. At TurboLinux, Mr. Mercado was responsible for developing products to be delivered to customers on time and within budget. Previously, he held several management positions leading product and engineering teams at TurboLinux and Hewlett-Packard. Before HP, he was a Research Engineer at SRI International. Mr. Mercado holds an MBA and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MS in Computer Science Engineering from San Jose State University. | 