Petranka Parina

Petranka Parina is an accomplished technology program manager with extensive experience in network infrastructure and program management across various leading companies. Currently serving as a Principal Technology Program Manager at Equinix since September 2014, Petranka previously held the position of Technical Program Manager at LinkedIn from November 2009 to March 2014. Earlier career roles include Sr. Network Infrastructure Engineer at ZillionTV Corporation, where responsibility included establishing hosting facilities, and at Akamai, where participation in the global network infrastructure engineering team focused on provisioning and maintenance. Petranka also led a team at Netli that deployed 44 Virtual Data Centers. Other notable positions include NMS Engineer at Valiant Networks and Manager of the National Data Network at VIVACOM, the largest Bulgarian data network. Educational qualifications include studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and a distinction as Valedictorian from the Natural Science and Mathematics High School in Burgas, Bulgaria.