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Peter Secor

SVP Engineering at Slack

Berkeley, California

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Education

Work Experience

2019

  • Senior Vice President Of Engineering

    2019

    Focus on scaling data engineering and analytics, developer productivity, mobile/web/native client features, and infrastructure (e.g. system performance and observability).

2015 - 2023

  • Lecturer

    2015 - 2023

    New venture finance at the Haas School of Business, sourcing and deploying capital at different company stages. Data analytics in business the Masters of Engineering program at the Fung Institute.

  • Founder

    2014 - 2023

    Enterprise technology advisory services and funding, concentrating on data analytics and software developer tools.

2016 - 2019

  • Engineering Manager

    2016 - 2019

    Developer tooling (e.g. one-click development environments, code review, developer workflow), data analytics (e.g. automatic root cause analysis for network and client issues), machine learning applied to systems and user behavior

2014 - 2016

  • Lecturer

    2014 - 2016

    Management Information Systems (MGMT 226), a core course designed to give students a comprehensive overview of how technology is used in business and why.

2009 - 2016

  • Director Engineering, Corporate Strategy

    2009 - 2016

    January 2012 - April 2016 (4 years 4 months) Define and implement the corporate strategy to develop and promote industry standards, open source, and accessibility. Directed team to monitor market for new opportunities, coordinate with external standards and regulatory bodies, and develop strategic training and product features across all Adobe product offerings, in particular digital marketing and promoting an open development methodology within the enterprise. November 2009 - December 2011 (2 years 2 months) Lead and grow a digital marketing product delivery team (~50 engineers) within the Omniture business unit to measure engagement and conversion.

2009 - 2009

  • VP Engineering

    2009 - 2009

    Direct and grow the digital marketing conversion optimization products that measures how online behavior converts from viewing to revenue or similar metrics. Omniture (OMTR) was acquired by Adobe Systems (ADBE) in November, 2009 for $1.8B.

2006 - 2009

  • CEO/CTO

    2006 - 2009

    Allmydata provides online data backup, storage, and sharing services. * deliver online backup, storage, and sharing software solution * develop strategic vision and manage, direct, and grow team * direct, set, and manage business to financial and market targets

1997 - 2006

  • Vice President

    1997 - 2006

    Micromuse provided network, applications, and systems management software to large enterprises, wireless providers, and telecommunications providers. Micromuse (MUSE) was acquired by IBM in March, 2006 for $865M US. * manage and create new product and integration delivery accounting for approximately 1/3rd of the company revenue (approximately $150M US total in FY2005) * manage and direct business unit of 60 (grown from 30) software developers, product managers, and account support engineers * manage new product revenue and costs * work with office of the CTO for business and new product development Office of the CTO November 2003 – August 2004 (10 months) * provide strategic roadmap for product and positioning * perform due diligence on partner and M&A activity * provide internal technical roadmap for shared infrastructure and features Program Group Manager May 2000 – November 2003 (3 years 7 months) * manage new product software development and field support * manage new integration software development * grew team from 5 to 30 Product Manager May 1999 – May 2000 (1 year 1 month) * gather and define functional specifications for current and future software products * produce product marketing and whitepapers Senior Software Engineer May 1997 – May 1999 (2 years 1 month) * lead engineer developing enterprise software * grew team from 1 to 5 * delivered product and grew its revenue to second highest in company

1993 - 1997

  • Software Engineer

    1993 - 1997

    * software engineering for site security systems * extended on-site consulting and implementation of software solutions in Brussels and Paris