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Peter Shannon is an Associate in the technology group, and joined Atlas Venture in 2005.
Before joining Atlas Venture, Peter was an MBA student at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. During business school, he worked as a Summer Associate at Bain & Company's San Francisco office, serving a life sciences instrument manufacturer supporting genomic and proteomic research.
Prior to business school, Peter was Vice President of Technology at Browz Group, a company he invested in and advised throughout start-up.Browz Group provides large customers in power generation, chemical, and other heavy industries with on-line supply chain verification services, to help them and their suppliers exchange compliance-related information.
Peter led the company's software development organization through a turnaround to bring its software infrastructure in line with the complex needs of Browz Group's rapidly growing client base.Peter's leadership resulted in improved communication between the technology group and the rest of the company and the development of a flexible data-driven compliance database.This helped Browz Group scale gracefully to meet the sophisticated needs of its clients.
Prior to joining Browz Group, Peter built several years of software design and leadership experience serving as a technology consultant to Orbitz, Bank of America's Global Derivative Products Group, and Sprint.
While an undergraduate, Peter co-founded Eye Response, Inc., a company that pioneered computer eye tracking systems. He received a U.S. Patent for his inventions and drove commercialization of the technology for applications in healthcare as an assistive aid for quadriplegics.
Peter holds an MBA, with High Honors, from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and a BS, with Distinction, in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia.
Investment Sector : Technology
Events:
Investing in Energy Storage Technology 2007 | 