• 32 years as commercial banker, including 10 years as "workout' officer and team leader handling commercial & real estate loans which were highly likely of loss to bank
• 8+ years owning a bagel store
• Started up a check verification and recovery business

Peter has almost 30 years professional experience in business operations, finance and accounting, contract negations, procurement, globalization, process design and analysis, and IT.  He joined Qualcomm in 1991 and held a variety of leadership positions in various functional aspects of the company while it grew from a small privately held, defense contracting firm to the 20,000 employee global presence it is today.  His experiences include strategic business planning, financial modeling, pricing strategy, cost accounting, budgeting,  procurement, logistics, supply chain operations, customer care operations, software asset management, intellectual property portfolio management, litigation discovery, contract negotiations and management.

Peter joined Qualcomm’s IT leadership team in 2000.  As Vice President of IT, he was responsible for cultivating a staff of 400 global professionals responsible for business and customer facing application needs of emerging profit centers and corporate functions.  Peter has actively managed teams responsible for web design and development, analytics, Saas/PaaS based solutions, middleware integrations, payment gateways, recurring and subscription billing and tax solutions, sales force automation tools, customer relationship management tools, and ERP solutions.

Peter is a well respected talent cultivator, peer mentor, and team builder.  He enjoys building disparate skill sets into strong, capable, focused teams.  A leader of both technical and functional talent, Peter easily builds rapport across talent pools through mutual respect and collaboration.

Peter is heavily engaged in board advisory and charitable advisory causes.  Peter is a board member of the Triangle Technology Executives Council (www.ncttec.net), a non-profit organization dedicated to collaboration among executive leaders of technology companies in the Research Triangle. He is a Mentor for CED’s Venture Mentoring Service.  He lectures at NC State University and Wake Tech Community College. Peter is passionate in the education and health care of children; he has spent the last decade in philanthropic support of Rady Children’s Hospital, donated time and resources to both public and NGO-private school systems nationally and internationally.  He is a frequent guest lecturer and career advisor to those who may need it most.

Peter holds a B.S. in Accounting from the State University of New York at Albany and an MBA from San Diego State University.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE BUSINESS, NONPROFIT AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT Strategic Planning Globe Resources, LLC Chicago, IL National Senior Business Analyst 2010 - 2011 • Contributed to planning and design of business processes. Assisted with devising recommendations to enhance business activities; evaluated documentation of client’s business requirements of the processes. • Assisted definition of possible problems and performed technical reviews and inspections to verify intent of business. • Composed and organized documents, communications and activities for meeting the business deliverables to support company. Alabama A&M University Normal, AL Project Coordinator 2006 - 2009 • Program federal grant writer for neighborhood revitalization. • Led a community of 600 people to train how to develop neighborhood revitalization. • Created and implemented policies and procedures which lead to a full manual on how to govern a community organization. • Taught community residents how to create a neighborhood organization. Developed new partnerships for the community and funding for the organization. • Communicated with partners, group’s session with community leaders, and managed a team of two graduate students in research on community issues for target area. North Alabama African-American Chamber of Commerce Huntsville, AL Deputy Director of Operations 2006 - 2009 • Examined policies that impacted the local economy, tracked major trends that shaped the local economy and provided basic business counseling, technical assistance for grant writing projects, researched successful redevelopment initiative for new targeted markets and researched statistical data of businesses in distressed areas. • Developed an action plan for a state chamber of commerce and developed new chamber programs and new partnerships for grant opportunities. West Virginia State University Dunbar, WV Economic Development Agent 2000 - 2004 • Program federal grant writer for business development. • Managed the City of Charleston West Virginia community members that were interested in opening a new business and current business owners on expanding their business. • Created a system to manage community members in business education and consult community members in business development and growth. • Conducted business consultation, business plan writing, and marketing and held meeting with civic organization. Alternative Youth Associates Inc. Charleston, WV Founder & Executive Director 1996-2001 • Strategic planning for sports program in basketball, softball, volleyball for 150 boy & girls. • Strategic planning for training volunteers on scouting program for 100 public Housing youth. • Strategic planning for theater shows to public school children. • Strategic planning for camping, after school programs, and field trips. • Strategic planning for community representative for the National Women’s Sports Foundation. SPORTS ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT West Virginia University Tech (YMCA) Charleston, WV Basketball Camp Coach 2012 - Summer • Supervised coaching Instructors on basketball fundamental skills. • Supervised 60 youth 8-12 years-of-age. • Conducted registration for summer basketball camp. • Planned assignments for camp basketball games. Charleston YMCA Sports Department Charleston, WV Sports Program Assistants 2012 - Present • Coach Basketball, Soccer, Flag Football & Baseball. • Official Basketball, Soccer, Flag Football, Volleyball. • Conducted registration for summer basketball camp. • Oversee sports programs and planned events. Charleston Youth and Family YMCA Charleston, WV After School Program Assistance 2012 - Present • Work with a team of other staff to provide quality after school programming. • Plan and lead daily activities for school aged students in home work assistance. • Help increasing student’s academic, social, physical, emotional and wellbeing. • Provide a positive role model for students. West Virginia State University Institute, WV Men’s Assistant Basketball Coach & Assistant Intramural Director 1987-1992 • Instructed basketball players on fundamental skills. • Analyzed basketball game films to create practice schedule. • Analyzed film from potential new basketball players for recruit. • Assisted in developing summer basketball camp as plan. • Assistant director to conduct fundamental skills, registration materials and awards program. • Organized sports basketball, softball, fun-run, swim meet, flag football, and bowling. • Assisted in planning the intramural sports budget and travel plans for regional competition. • Trained student workers in intramural management and sports officiating. James Madison University Harrisburg, VA Basketball Camp Team Leader 1987-1992 • Supervised coaching Instructors on basketball fundamental skills. • Supervised dorm floor of 100 youth 10-18 years-of-age. • Conducted registration for summer basketball camp. • Planned assignments for camp basketball games. Charleston Job Corps Charleston, WV Head Men & Women’s Basketball Coachs, Intramurals Director 1992-1995 & Assistant Recreation Supervisor • Coached varsity men and women’s basketball, softball, volleyball, and track & field. • Planned and implemented classes on college prep, sportsmanship, and leadership. • Designed curriculum for developing student athlete for college participation. • Develop sports budget for 107 young adults age 16-24. • Implemented sports tournaments for 320 youth in basketball, softball, track/field, & volleyball. • Designed a curriculum for students to assist in intramural varsity sports programs. • Designed curriculum on sports management, officiating, sportsmanship, and leadership. • Develop sports budget for 320 young adults age 16-24. • Assigned daily duties for recreation staff duties and planned weekly staff meetings. • Designed curriculum for new recreation programs. • Planned recreational program, budgets for youth 320 student ages 16-24. . West Virginia University Institute of Technology Charleston, WV Physical Education Instructor Summer 1995 • Instructed correctional officers on fitness program ages 27 to 48. • Instructed correctional officers in weight program, long distance run, and daily workout. • Instructed correctional officers on final test for the West Virginia Division of Corrections. PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION PHONE Dr. Charles Byers Vice President West Virginia State University 304-766-3148 Dr. Teresa Orok Director, SBDC/DBE Alabama A&M University 256-372-5675 Jerry Mitchell, MS Executive Director/CEO Chamber of Commerce 256-564-7574 PERSONAL REFERENCES NAME TITLE ORGANIZATION PHONE Dr. Ervin V. Griffin, Sr. President Halifax Community College 252-536-7217 Dr. Shelvy L. Campbell Director of Diversity Marshall University 304-691-1607 Sharon Banks, MS Director of New Students West Virginia State University 304-766-3078