Fred Breton has an extensive work experience in the technology industry. Fred currently holds the position of Senior Software Engineer at Harness since 2022. Prior to that, they worked as an SE Manager for Central & South Europe at Lacework from 2021 to 2022. From 2018 to 2021, they served as the Principal Sales Engineer EMEA at CloudHealth Technologies, Inc. By VMware.
Before joining CloudHealth Technologies, Inc., Fred Breton worked at Impinj from 2016 to 2018 as the Sales Director - Southern of Europe. Their responsibilities included managing and developing partners, prospecting end users, driving price and contract negotiations, and working on marketing and product development.
Fred also has significant experience working at BMC Software, where they held various roles from 2008 to 2015. These roles included Sr Manager for DevOps product line, Sr Mgr for Automation product line, EMEA SC Manager for automation presales engineer expert team, and EMEA Automation practice leader. In these roles, Fred Breton was responsible for developing demo environments, leading technical marketing teams, and training pre-sales teams across EMEA.
Prior to BMC Software, Fred Breton worked at BladeLogic as the PreSales Engineer Manager for Southern Europe from 2004 to 2008. Fred started the BladeLogic business in France, built presentation material and technical environment, and closed the first fiscal year with successful results.
Other notable roles in Fred Breton's career include Named Account Presales Manager at Veritas Software from 2001 to 2004, Senior Consultant at Umanis from 1999 to 2001, IT Manager for Telecom Dev. Lyon's site at Cegetel/Telecom Development from 1997 to 1999, and Project Manager at Conseil General de la Seine Maritime from 1995 to 1997.
Fred Breton completed their education in Mathematics and Computer Science at the Université d'Orléans. Fred obtained a Deug A degree from 1988 to 1990, followed by a Maitrise (Master) degree from 1990 to 1992. Fred further pursued their studies and earned a DEA (Diplôme d'études approfondies) degree from 1992 to 1993, all from the Université d'Orléans. Additionally, Fred obtained the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals certification from Microsoft in October 2019.
October, 2022 - present