San Francisco, CA | New York, NY
Also known as: peter
Product and marketing specialist with a successful track record in technology startups, web development, product management and operations. Recently switched from entrepreneur to "intrapreneur", working on building the future of payments at Visa. Focused on strategy around mobile, online and offline payments, as well as consumers' needs and desires in the commercepayments space. Was a founding member of October Three, a leading financial technology and actuarial consulting firm building a SaaS platform to scale tax-efficient benefits programs. Previously managed the online operations, sales and marketing strategy for Joby, Inc., creator of the award-winning Gorillapod line of flexible tripods. Also led numerous operational and strategic initiatives, including facilitating Joby's international expansion, product management in China US, and the creation of a highly successful iPhone photography app. I'm able to combine a strong quantitative background with my passion for people, product design and marketing. I'm a former actuary who helped build a pioneering Internet-based retirement plan for small businesses (company was acquired by JPMorgan). Have also served as an advisor to a number of Internet startups and technology companies, in the payments, social gaming, dating, and networking spaces. Native English, fluent German, conversational Spanish. Specialties Payments entrepreneurship startups statistics software development product management consumer internet actuarial software pension and benefits consulting defined benefit cash balance plans.
