Peter Preston Email & Phone Number

Denver, Colorado, US

Veritone has created the world’s first operating system for Artificial Intelligence. Veritone’s aiWARE operating system unlocks the power of cognitive computing to transform and analyze audio, video and other data sources in an automated manner to generate actionable insights. The Veritone platform provides customers ease, speed, and accuracy at low.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Reporting to EVP of Public Sector, core responsibilities include leading daily operations of the Public Sector business unit as well as leading two cross-functional Strategy and Sales Operations teams to develop.
• Operating Leverage: successfully scaled daily operations of a business unit growing revenues 80-200% annually while maintaining nearly flat headcount and EBITDA margins above annual operating plan targets.
• Go-To-Market Strategy: established a new complex go-to-market strategy to reach Department of Defense customers. Successfully secured first revenue generating contract with United States Air Force in Dec 2019.
• Vendor Management: managed the company’s largest vendor relationships and renegotiated $16.5M of commitments to reduce cost and operational risk. Resulted in $1M+ annual savings, directly increasing EBITDA and cash.
• Strategy: developed a 1-3-5 year strategic plans for multiple business units, and standardized recurring quarterly business reviews (QBRs) to monitor tactical quarterly progress against outlined strategy.
• Corporate Finance: led team and built a full P&L annual operating budget from scratch. Implemented a process for forecasting, tracking and reporting actual monthly financials.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Co-head of Corporate Development & Strategy group responsible for M&A transactions, strategic partnerships, competitive landscape analysis, strategic planning, and various special projects for the firm in North America.
• M&A: formulated a high-level strategy for corporate M&A, established a structured process for evaluating investment opportunities, developed a pipeline of targets and led M&A transactions from target identification to.
• Closed 5 acquisitions in 18 months with valuations ranging between <$1M - $25M.
• Corporate Strategy: established a new complex go-to-market strategy to secure Defense customer sub-contract.
• Corporate Finance: led team and built an annual operating budget from scratch; assisted with implementation of a process for forecasting, tracking and reporting actual monthly financials. Additionally, led a cost.
• Operations: managed the company’s largest vendor relationships and renegotiated infrastructure contracts to optimize cost and reduce operational risk. Additionally, worked with executive team and human resources group.

Irvine, CA, US

• Member of critical team responsible for developing and executing strategic initiatives for a Fortune 100 multi-national corporation. Core responsibilities include completing M&A transactions, strategic plan.
• M&A: function as a "deal captain" for global M&A transactions (acquisitions and divestitures), including deals in North America, Asia-Pacific, Australia/New Zealand, Europe and Middle East regions. Progress deals from.
• Equity Research: conduct full analysis of target companies and forecast future performance. Evaluation includes macroeconomic analysis, in-depth industry analysis, assessment of shareholders/management team, capital.
• Corporate Strategy: assist in evaluating and developing new revenue channels and margin enhancing strategies by assessing technology trends and market segment attractiveness, developing prioritized initiatives to.

Irvine, CA, US

Irvine, CA, US

Member of corporate development team responsible for developing and executing strategic initiatives in North America. Core responsibilities include M&A, equity research, strategic plan development/evaluation/execution, and bringing forward ideas for potential strategic initiatives for the firm to pursue in the medium and long-term horizons.

Boardroom responsibilities for corporate governance as a Director of a privately held oil field technology company. Provide advisory/guidance for growing and delivering shareholder value by focusing on my expertise related to financial performance and position, strategy, client and investor considerations.

Newport Beach, California, US

• Senior member of PIMCO’s 20-person Business Development Support team. Responsibilities include marketing the firm’s Core Fixed Income, Credit, Asset Allocation, Emerging Markets Debt, Absolute Return and Active Equity.
• Work extensively with senior investment professionals to strengthen client/prospect relationships by assisting clients with inquiries about a variety of topics, ranging from the firm’s outlook and specific portfolio.
• Oversee the creation of strategy-specific marketing materials by 4-6 Associates and Analysts. The team produces customized materials to assist senior investment professionals in their efforts to develop new business.
• Lead non-marketing projects such as writing performance attribution summaries and/or giving internal presentations to brief the team about one of the strategies noted above.

Irvine, CA, US

• Provided administrative and research support to ongoing M&A and capital markets projects, managed the team of 3 to 4 company interns, and assisted executives by managing the majority of office operations of the firm.
• Conducted industry and company research to determine best prospective markets for sell-side M&A transactions as well as to identify targets for buy-side transactions. Established and managed contact with prospects..

Mba, Finance

B.A., Business Economics