Frank Perera

Frank Perera, MBA, currently serves as a Technology Manager at Southwest Airlines, where responsibilities include leading the Baker network optimizer technology development team, managing team commitments, and establishing an innovation competition. Previous roles at Southwest Airlines involved senior project management on various enterprise epics and operational projects. Frank's career also includes significant experience at Mr. Cooper as AVP - Senior Principal IT Project Manager, and project management positions at Motorola Solutions, Ericsson, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin, focusing on IT implementations, project leadership, and engineering management. Frank holds an MBA in Finance from SMU Cox School of Business, a Graduate Certificate in Operations Leadership & Organizational Management from Drexel University, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas at Arlington.