Peter S. Crosby

Current

Founding Partner at AllTogetherNow Consulting

Past

Chief Technology Officer at International Rescue Committee
Chief Executive Officer (Interim) at SeniorNet
Board Director, Chair 2004 Convention at Social Enterprise Alliance

Chief Operating Officer at TechRocks / ebase® - Supporting Organization of the Rockefeller Family Fund
Co-founder, CEO, Chairman at GirlGeeks.com/.org
Advisory Board at TechSoup.org
Business Site Producer / Architect at Channel A.com
Executive Producer / Director at Belly of the Dragon ®

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Education

Beijing Film Academy
Kanazawa University
UCLA

Trinity College-Hartford

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Peter S. Crosby’s Summary

Serial entrepreneur in for-profit & non-profit environments specializing in multi-media, communications & information technologies that leverage org strengths for greater productivity, effectiveness and ROI/SROI.

Website: http://www.AllTogetherNow.com

Peter S. Crosby’s Specialties:

Enabling socially-beneficial organizations to better operate, communicate and fundraise through strategic use of integrated media, knowledge management and apt technology.

Peter S. Crosby’s Experience

Founding Partner

AllTogetherNow Consulting

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

September 2001 — Present (8 years 3 months)

Working with for-/non-profits, foundations and social enterprises to increase strategic planning, operational effectiveness and access to capital thru cost-effective uses of information & communications technologies.

Clients include:
> Bay Area Video Coalition / GirlGeeks.org - M&A, funding, integration
> Tides Foundation's Groundspring.org - M&A, funding, integration
> Rockefeller Family Fund's TechRocks - reorganization / funding
> James Irvine Foundation - structure a new Tech Innovation Fund
> dotSUB.com - crowd-sourced video subtitles - biz models / funding
> CompuMentor / TechSoup.org - biz modeling (Advisor Board)
> TechSMART Group - biz modeling / Advisor Board
> BranchHome.com - Sustainable by Design - biz modelling (Board)
> Interra Project - Community Credit Card biz modeling
> Green World Campaign: carbon credit / biz models, website (Board)
> Anglican Malaria Project - African field assessments, partnering, funding
> Beaconfire Consulting - Strategy, biz modeling, CRM / CMS
> The Hunger Project - website / CMS / CRM tech
> Intern'l Child Resource Institute - website(s) integration(s)
> Global Security Institute - strategic CRM / CMS for Zero Nukes
> American Civil Liberties Union - CRM / distributed email integration
> Sustainable Global Leadership Alliance - media literacy courses / video
> Social Enterprise Alliance - Board
> Women's Technology Cluster (Astia) - Mentor
> Building Blocks International - Advisor
> Together Against Malaria - Advisor
> Gifts of Grief - Film / Workbook - Advisor
> India Development Gateway - Advisor
> Reality Digital / Clip Shack - Advisor
> Media Venture Collective - Brain Trust
Chief Technology Officer

International Rescue Committee

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

November 2005 — February 2007 (1 year 4 months)

The International Rescue Committee is a refugee relief organization founded in 1933 by Albert Einstein to protect, repatriate or resettle innocent people from persecution, war and naturual disasters.

Headquartered in New York City with 50+ offices from Afaganistan to Sudan, the Balkans to Thailand, the IRC is a rapid-response intern'l NGO with a $250M annual budget and diverse technology needs that range from mainframe databases to donated PCs, from satellite telephones to bicycle-cranked generators.

Our tech team of 14 is strategically planning, integrating and syncronizing the IRC's global reach for increase productivity, effectiveness and more lives saved.
Chief Executive Officer (Interim)

SeniorNet

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 2004 — October 2004 (6 months)

Led strategic reorganization of 20-year old non-profit technology training center organization (200 locations worldwide). Generated new grant, corporate & earned revenue sources while cutting expenses 35%. Challenged Board to higher standards of fundraising, transparency & accountability.
Board Director, Chair 2004 Convention

Social Enterprise Alliance

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 2002 — April 2004 (2 years )

Social Enterprise Alliance is an international membership organization leading communities of nonprofit organizations and funders advancing earned income strategies to foster sustainability and independence. Info at: http://www.se-alliance.org
Chief Operating Officer

TechRocks / ebase® - Supporting Organization of the Rockefeller Family Fund

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 1 month)

Led restructuring / repositioning & organizational merger of non-profit CRM software + services: ebase®. Generated new foundation and earned revenue sources while cutting expenses 65%. Managed finance/admin/legal, partnering, training, tech support & web relaunch.

Initiated, facilitated, fundraised merger into Groundspring.org for the continued development of opensource CRM / ASP + services. More details at: www.ebase.org or www.groundspring.org
Co-founder, CEO, Chairman

GirlGeeks.com/.org

(Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1998 — December 2001 (4 years )

GirlGeeks.com was the first online content community & commerce website for fostering young women's empowerment, training and job hunting in the IT industry. VC funded and partnered with the leaders in tech such as MSN, COMDEX, RealMedia, iVillage and SmartForce. GirlGeeks.com grew into a community of 20k users assisted by mentors such as Anita Borg, Esther Dyson, Carlene Ellis, Mary Furlong, Dr. Moira Gunn, Kim Polese, Jeanette Symons, Ann Winblad, and many others.

This double-bottom line social venture now continues on as a nonprofit educational resource at www.GirlGeeks.org.
Advisory Board

TechSoup.org

(Information Technology and Services industry)

December 1998 — November 2001 (3 years )

First came up with the name 'TechSoup,' and advised on e-commerce strategy (DiscounTech), IT company partnerships & operations planning for this best-of-breed tech nonprofit. Learn more at: www.TechSoup.org
Business Site Producer / Architect

Channel A.com

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 1997 — December 1997 (1 year )

First online community website for Asian-American content and advocacy. Early to the .com market, and funded mainly by Asian capital sources that dried up during the Asian financial market 'contagion,' Channel A.com morphed into an Asian goods e-commerce site that was unable to drive enough revenue to reach the .com bubble.
Executive Producer / Director

Belly of the Dragon ®

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

January 1993 — December 1995 (3 years )

Created, financed and completed cross-China (Beijing to Hong Kong) photojournalistic bicycle journey for National Geographic's Explorer TV & 12-part Monitor Radio series. Sponsored by Canon, Fuji Film, Sugoi, Burson-Marsteller and corp. partners.

See the video at: http://pscrosby.com/belly/belly.html

Peter S. Crosby’s Education

Beijing Film Academy

Chinese Language & Filmmaking 1993 — 1994
Kanazawa University

Japanese Language 1990 — 1991
UCLA

Journalism 1986 — 1988
Trinity College-Hartford

BA , Economics

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Peter S. Crosby’s Interests:

Digital Divide, Sustainability, Malaria Prevention, Fairness, Peace; Asia, Africa, Canada; Yoga, Meditation, Singing, Swimming, Skiing, Biking, Hiking, Camping.