Prior to Lightspeed, Peter worked in business development and product
marketing at General Magic, a startup which before the emergence of the
Web pioneered the development of e-commerce and electronic media
services by partnering with the world's largest telecommunications
service providers and consumer electronics companies. He also managed
Acer's portable PC business in North America, where he launched the
company's first laptop and notebook P...
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Peter is a founding partner of
Lightspeed, covering the areas of cleantech, software, and the
internet. He has twelve years of venture capital experience and seven
years of operating experience.
Prior to Lightspeed, Peter worked in business development and product
marketing at General Magic, a startup which before the emergence of the
Web pioneered the development of e-commerce and electronic media
services by partnering with the world's largest telecommunications
service providers and consumer electronics companies. He also managed
Acer's portable PC business in North America, where he launched the
company's first laptop and notebook PCs. Before Acer, Peter was a
strategy consultant at Bain & Company where he worked predominately
with high-technology clients on product and sales & distribution
strategies. While an undergraduate at Stanford, he worked at Apple
Computer where he helped to develop the power management system for
Apple's first portable computer.
Peter holds a BS in Electrical Engineering, an AB in Economics, and an MBA from Stanford University.
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