Serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in the telecom and Internet Industries.
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Founder & CEO at Toktumi
- Past
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- Co-Founder & CEO at Teleo, Inc.
- Founder & President at Mixonic
- Founder & CEO at WineShopper.com
- Associate Equity Analyst at Montgomery Securities
- Manager at Arthur D. Little
- Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Education
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- Dartmouth College - The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
- Stanford University
- Cornell University
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Peter Sisson’s Summary
Currently Founder and CEO of Toktumi, which provides a powerful new type of business phone service for small and home offices that can be set up in just a few minutes. Most recently was founding CEO of Teleo, Inc., a VoIP applications service provider that was acquired by Microsoft in August 2005
Peter Sisson’s Specialties:
Early stage company building, entrepreneurship, product development, business plan development, startups, telecommunications, VoIP, Internet, e-commerce, and philanthropy.
Peter Sisson’s Experience
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Founder & CEO
Toktumi
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)
September 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
Toktumi provides reliable office phone service for small offices and home-based businesses that anyone can set up themselves in a few minutes.
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Co-Founder & CEO
Teleo, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; MSFT; Telecommunications industry)
July 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 1 month)
Teleo provides VoIP application software and services.
Teleo was acquired by Microsoft in 2005.
•Took company from raw technology to product launch and early revenue in less than 8 months.
•Defined product, website, service features, pricing, and marketing/distribution strategy.
•Recruited engineering team and oversaw software development efforts through launch.
•Conducted business development efforts leading to prospective deal flow with Virgin Mobile, Amazon, Google, Yahoo, CitySearch, Microsoft and others.
•Negotiated contracts with GlobalCrossing, Qwest, Level3, RNK Telecom, Global IP Sound and other companies providing necessary building blocks to our service.
•Presented at industry conferences and conducted interviews leading to substantial press coverage in Newsweek, New York Times, Forbes, PC Magazine, Associated Press, and several industry blogs.
•Won 2005 DEMOgod award and was 2005 finalist for best mobile laptop service at MobileFocus/CTIA -
Founder & President
Mixonic
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
June 2001 — June 2004 (3 years 1 month)
Built online media creation and distribution company. Currently serving on company's board of directors.
•Bootstrapped company to revenue, then raised funding from 5 angels during economic/fundraising downturn.
•Negotiated key partnerships with Sony Pictures Television, WeddingChannel, and Disc Makers.
•Managed product and software development, business development, and operations planning through 12/03.
•Company is profitable and expanding rapidly via a reseller program. -
Founder & CEO
WineShopper.com
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
July 1998 — April 2001 (2 years 10 months)
Built online wine retail and fulfillment company from concept to revenue
•Raised $46 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins and Amazon.
•Negotiated exclusive relationship with Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America and direct agreements with wine wholesalers representing 90% of US market.
•Oversaw business development efforts resulting in partnerships with Amazon, New York Times Digital, American Express Publishing, and others.
•Spoke at conferences and conducted interviews with magazines, newspapers, and television news shows, resulting in significant PR success.
•Named one of the top 10 "people to watch" by CNET; won the Arthur Anderson Best Practices award for Strategic Leadership. -
Associate Equity Analyst
Montgomery Securities
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Investment Banking industry)
August 1997 — June 1998 (11 months)
Analyzed small-cap telecom equipment companies in the VoIP and CTI industries.
•Closely tracked twelve companies’ financial condition, competition, market trends, and technology.
•Co-authored a 60-page industry white paper “Voice and Fax over IP Networks” published in January 1998. -
Manager
Arthur D. Little
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)
August 1994 — July 1997 (3 years )
Managed international telecom market entry, technology strategy, and regulatory projects.
•Played leadership role in telecom projects consulting to companies and governments around the world.
•Gained familiarity with telecom markets, key players, technologies, and regulatory issues.
•Projects included market assessments for mobile telephony, network modernization plans, market entry strategies, and development of plans for deregulating telecom markets.
•Clients included Telefonica, Bell Atlantic, Motorola, Nortel, and the Government of Colombia.
•Authored “The New WTO Telecom Agreement,” published in Telecommunications magazine in September 1997, analyzing the potential impact of international regulatory changes on world telecom markets. -
Member of Technical Staff
AT&T Bell Laboratories
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; T; Telecommunications industry)
August 1985 — August 1989 (4 years 1 month)
Wrote PBX operating system software and developed feature requirements for new systems.
Peter Sisson’s Education
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Dartmouth College - The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
MBA , 1992 — 1994
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Stanford University
MS , Computer Science , September 1986 — October 1987
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Cornell University
BA , Computer Science , September 1981 — May 1985
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Toktumi Networking Group
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