Entrepreneur, Technologist, Innovator
Greater Chicago Area
- Current
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- Owner at Telia Solutions
- Owner at portokalada.com
- Advisor at SchoolFly Networks
- Past
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- EVP, General Manager at TrueSystems Inc.
- EVP Security & Surveillance Solutions at InterAct Public Safety Systems
- CTO at Solidspace
- CTO at Pendulab
- CTO at Silkware.com
- CTO at SilkRoad technology inc.
- Director of Technology at divine, inc.
- Principal at Intercap Systems
- Principal at Nummus Technology Group
- Principal at Objectsoft Inc.
- Education
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- University of Illinois at Chicago
- Marist High School
- Koraes Elementary School
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Peter Quintas’s Summary
My experience and expertise has been focused on building high-growth businesses in enterprise software and launching innovative technology solutions.
I also serve as an advisor and partner to several other businesses with roots in technology and the Internet.
Peter Quintas’s Specialties:
software development, software/technology innovation, social software, social tools, social networks, collaboration software, software-as-a-service, greeks, greece, greek social network, greek events, greek concerts
Peter Quintas’s Experience
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Owner
Telia Solutions
(Internet industry)
October 2009 — Present (2 months)
Our services are custom-tailored to your business needs with an eye on perfection. We are dedicated to understanding your objectives and implementing solutions with speed, accuracy and consistency with your brand.
We extend our expertise and experience to three main areas of your business:
* Application Architecture and Development
* Website Design and Internet Marketing
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Owner
portokalada.com
(Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Launched a niche social network built exclusively for the Greek Community. The portokalada.com network is for friendship, events, nightlife, travel, reviews, professionals, businesses, employment, shopping and more.
The portokalada.com network has overtaken all of its competitors in membership within the first 3 months of operation.
Responsible for the design, development, maintenance and hosting of portokalada.com that utilizes PHP, Python and MySQL. Utilized and enhanced People Aggregator as the social networking platform. Integrated OS Commerce (for e-commerce) and Sugar CRM (for contact management). -
Advisor
SchoolFly Networks
(Privately Held; Education Management industry)
February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)
Functioning as an advisor for go-to-market strategy and technology decisions. SchoolFly utilizes open-source technologies to build an integrated software service to serve niche business applications, primarily in education. Software services are easy to use and disruptive in pricing.
Responsible for the design, development, maintenance and hosting of SchoolFly’s Student Management System that utilizes PHP and postgres. -
EVP, General Manager
TrueSystems Inc.
(Computer & Network Security industry)
July 2005 — July 2009 (4 years 1 month)
Based on TrueLook, our remote camera management service, we have a new offering in video surveillance and intelligent threat detection and response, TrueSentry. TrueSentry proactively identify threats with remote video, analytics, and sensors to effectively mobilize and coordinate a response team. Our TrueLook technology has been deployed since 1998 in every continent in the work (including the south pole) capturing over 1.8 BILLION media clips.
Also, visit us on the web at:
http://www.truesystems.com
http://www.truesentry.com
http://www.truelook.com
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EVP Security & Surveillance Solutions
InterAct Public Safety Systems
(Computer Software industry)
April 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 9 months)
Spawning from our patented and mature technology, TrueLook, we have a new offering in video surveillance and intelligent threat detection and response, TrueSentry. TrueSentry proactively identify threats with remote video, analytics, and sensors to effectively mobilize and coordinate a response team. Our TrueLook technology has been deployed since 1998 in every continent in the work (including the south pole) capturing over one BILLION media clips.
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CTO
Solidspace
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Information Services industry)
April 2005 — December 2005 (9 months)
SolidSpace is committed to offering premier data center infrastructure and managed services to our clients.
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CTO
Pendulab
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 2004 — December 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Responsible for the strategy and execution of the development and delivery of real-time collaborative solutions.
Visit on the web at:
http://www.pendulab.com
http://www.chatblazer.com
http://www.instantengage.com
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CTO
Silkware.com
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 8 months)
Responsible for the strategy and execution of the development and delivery of this line of business. This includes defining, acquiring and integrating new technologies to be delivered as a service at http://www.silkware.com.
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CTO
SilkRoad technology inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2003 — December 2005 (2 years 8 months)
Responsible for every aspect of the business and product lines of SilkRoad technology’s Collaboration Solutions, from strategy and brand development, to software design, architecture and engineering, to customer support and service, to business and partner development.
Developed and executed the strategy, growth, and acquisition plan. The business model was to create a set of social, collaborative technologies for corporate environments and offer them as low-cost software services. Execution included:
* Acquisition of OpinionWare, web-based survey technology, the first of its kind at inception.
* Acquisition of Pendulab, including: ChatBlazer, multi-channel text, audio and video chat; Instant Engage, customer service chat; and AffiliateShop, affiliate community services.
* Development and launch of SilkBlogs and SilkClips, weblog and video blog technologies.
* Development and launch of Silkware.com, a web store for related software services. -
Director of Technology
divine, inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; dvin; Computer Software industry)
May 2000 — April 2003 (3 years )
Was a principal architect and engineer in the design and implementation of divine MindAlign, an enterprise collaboration application. divine MindAlign features a scalable, persistent and open messaging server with one-to-one as well as community–based chat. MindAlign serves hundreds of thousands of users conducting millions of dollars of transactions a day.
Responsible for the technical architecture, development and delivery of divine’s collaboration solutions and core software infrastructure. Also responsible for the delivery of core Web services, application integration tools, platforms and APIs at divine which enabled the company's applications to seamlessly interoperate with each other and integrate with customers' existing systems.
Represented the company through technology speaking engagements at industry trade shows and on the committees of several industry standardization efforts around Web service technologies -
Principal
Intercap Systems
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1998 — April 2000 (1 year 11 months)
Flagship product: Intercap Financial Enterprise, an enterprise back-office asset management package for financial clearing firms and banks.
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Principal
Nummus Technology Group
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
June 1998 — April 2000 (1 year 11 months)
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Principal
Objectsoft Inc.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1996 — May 1998 (1 year 9 months)
Flagship product, BrewMaster, won JavaOne ’98 “Best-of-Show”.
Related Press Release:
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/javaone98/j1-98-bestofshow.html
Peter Quintas’s Education
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University of Illinois at Chicago
B.S. , Computer Engineering , August 1992 — May 1996
No notes on myself... One note on the school...
This is probably one of the most under-rated computer science and computer engineering programs in the world. Period.- Activities and Societies:
- Honors College of Engineering
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Marist High School
1988 — 1992
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Koraes Elementary School
September 1981 — June 1988
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Peter Quintas’s Interests:
technology
Peter Quintas’s Groups:
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UIC - University of Illinois at Chicago Alumni & Friends -
JHUG.gr FAN -
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Networlding Chicago
Peter Quintas’s Honors:
Outstanding Alumnus Award
University of Illinois at Chicago
11/06/2006
Accepted the award for “Outstanding Young Alumnus” from UIC College of Engineering.
Best-of-Show
Java One 1998
Recipient of the prestigious “Best-of-Show” award for BrewMaster, an integrated Java Development Environment.
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