Peter van Pruissen

Current
  • Executive Advisor at Piczo
  • CFO at Keibi Technologies
Past
  • Controller at Lycos / Wired Ventures
  • Director Financial Planning at Ceridian Employer Services
  • Director Finance & Administration at Tesseract
  • Manager, FP&A at Impell-Combustion Engineering
  • Special Projects Manager at DHL
Education
  • University of San Francisco
  • Nyenrode Business Universiteit
Connections
195 connections
Industry
Online Media
Websites

Peter van Pruissen’s Summary

Peter van Pruissen has worked as VP Finance and CFO for startups to mid-size companies in a corporate finance, administration, and internal operations role in a variety of industries ranging from online media to software development and professional services. Prior to joining his current startup Keibi Technologies, van Pruissen served as CFO at Piczo, teen social networking community; ON24, where he helped restart and then grow the business from a venture-backed start-up online financial news network to a leading webcast and streaming media solutions provider; and Wired Magazine/Digital. He has also held management positions at DHL Worldwide Express, Ceridian Employer Services and Impell. Van Pruissen holds an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a BA in Finance from Amsterdam's Nijenrode University.

Peter van Pruissen’s Specialties:

CFO, VP Finance, controller, media, services, growth, finance, admin, equity, banking, VCs, startup, legal, survive, build, board


Peter van Pruissen’s Experience

  • Executive Advisor

    Piczo

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    November 2008Present (2 months)

  • CFO

    Keibi Technologies

    (Internet industry)

    February 2008Present (11 months)

    interim CFO performing the full range of startup CFO duties, managing or executing these functions: Finance, Accounting, HR, facilities and investor relations.

  • CFO

    Piczo

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

    July 2006November 2008 (2 years 5 months)

    perform the full range of CFO duties at this start-up/post-start-up online teen community site, ranging from all finance/accounting/admin/hr/facilities functions to legal/financing and sales management functions. from board meetings to staff meeting, managing and executing, covering the broad spectrum of management.

  • CFO

    ON24

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

    September 1999July 2006 (6 years 11 months)

    Peter van Pruissen, Vice President, Finance
    Peter van Pruissen has worked in corporate finance, administration, and internal operations in a variety of industries ranging from online publishing to software development and professional services. Prior to joining Piczo, van Pruissen served as CFO at ON24, where he helped restart and then grow the business from a venture-backed start-up online financial news network to a leading webcast and streaming media solutions provider. He has also held management positions at Wired Magazine-Digital, DHL Worldwide Express, Ceridian and Impell. Van Pruissen holds an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a BA in Finance from Amsterdam's Nijenrode University.

  • Controller

    Wired

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

    January 1998September 1999 (1 year 9 months)

    Wired Magazine (sold to Conde Nast) and Wired Digital (home of the hotbot seach engine and Wired News, sold to Lycos)

  • Controller

    Lycos / Wired Ventures

    (Online Media industry)

    19981999 (1 year)

  • Director Financial Planning

    Ceridian Employer Services

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Human Resources industry)

    19961998 (2 years)

  • Director Finance & Administration

    Tesseract

    (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Human Resources industry)

    19871996 (9 years)

  • Manager, FP&A

    Impell-Combustion Engineering

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Environmental Services industry)

    19841987 (3 years)

  • Special Projects Manager

    DHL

    (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Package/Freight Delivery industry)

    July 1982August 1984 (2 years 2 months)


Peter van Pruissen’s Education

  • University of San Francisco

    MBA, 19811982

  • Nyenrode Business Universiteit

    BBA, Business, 19771980


Additional Information

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Peter van Pruissen’s Interests:

family, soccer, ski, europe, triathlon

Peter van Pruissen’s Groups:

soccer, Lycee

  •    Wired Alumni
  •    University of San Francisco - Masagung Graduate School of Management
  •    Nyenrode University Alumni
  •    ThoseInMedia (The Who's Who in All of Media)
  •    DHL Networking Group
  •    Tesseract Alumni Network
  •    Young Scandinavians Club (San Francisco)
  •    Streaming Media Professionals
  •    BayCFO
  •    Marin County Professional Business Network

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