Shaw Management Advisors International
Bottom Line… Results
Bottom Line… Results
Peter Shaw
Managing Director
Managing Director
Bio: The Long, More Complete, and Boring, Version:
Peter Shaw is a Principal in Shaw Management Advisors, Int’l LLC, (SMAI) a San Diego based international advisory firm that provides services for Senior Management, Boards, Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs.
SMAI specialize in advising its clients in strategic and operational aspects of their business. A number of assignments have included M&A, private firm financing, as well as restart and turn-around activities.
Mr. Shaw has extensive worldwide experience in general management, business development, marketing and sales as well as private company financing and mergers and acquisitions. He is an experienced senior executive who has successfully launched and grown multiple technology-based companies across a wide range of technical markets.
Over his career, he has served as an outside director on over 20 Boards, representing Investors and/or assisting CEO’s. Most Recently, Peter Shaw was chief executive officer of Akonix Systems, Inc. , prior to it being sold to Quest software (NasdaqGS: QSFT). Mr. Shaw joined Akonix as Chairman of the Board in 2001 as a founding Venture Investor (Windward Ventures) and led a strategic process that transformed the company’s product and market focus. He was named CEO in 2002 and subsequently raised two more rounds of venture capital financing. Under his leadership, Akonix pioneered the market for the secure, managed use of real-time, presence-based messaging within corporations, and led the company to become the premier provider of these enterprise-class products.
Prior to joining Akonix, Mr. Shaw co-founded and served as CEO of Megatek, a pioneer in advanced, real time computer graphics systems; AGE Logic, an early provider of advanced GUI platforms and connectivity applications and later served as CEO of Sitematic, a hosted provider of web based applications. Mr. Shaw has held senior management positions at United Telecom (now Sprint NYSE: S) and NetManage (NASDAQ:NETM).
Mr. Shaw has also worked with and advised leading venture capital firms on the restructuring of numerous portfolio companies.
Currently, Mr. Shaw is an investor and member of the board of directors for Santrio, a Web-based order management software company, and also serves on the board of directors of the San Diego Venture Group (SDVG). In 2009 he serves as SDVG’s president. He also is a member of San Diego’s CONNECT organization. Previously he served as a Venture Partner for San Diego-based Windward Ventures and as a senior advisor for Venture Catalyst (OTC BB:VCAT.OB).
Mr. Shaw has raised, or has helped companies raise almost $100M in Venture Capital and Private financings.
Mr. Shaw holds a bachelor of engineering degree in electrical engineering from City College of New York and a master of business administration degree from the University of Connecticut.
Peter Shaw is a Principal in Shaw Management Advisors, Int’l LLC, (SMAI) a San Diego based international advisory firm that provides services for Senior Management, Boards, Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs.
SMAI specialize in advising its clients in strategic and operational aspects of their business. A number of assignments have included M&A, private firm financing, as well as restart and turn-around activities.
Mr. Shaw has extensive worldwide experience in general management, business development, marketing and sales as well as private company financing and mergers and acquisitions. He is an experienced senior executive who has successfully launched and grown multiple technology-based companies across a wide range of technical markets.
Over his career, he has served as an outside director on over 20 Boards, representing Investors and/or assisting CEO’s. Most Recently, Peter Shaw was chief executive officer of Akonix Systems, Inc. , prior to it being sold to Quest software (NasdaqGS: QSFT). Mr. Shaw joined Akonix as Chairman of the Board in 2001 as a founding Venture Investor (Windward Ventures) and led a strategic process that transformed the company’s product and market focus. He was named CEO in 2002 and subsequently raised two more rounds of venture capital financing. Under his leadership, Akonix pioneered the market for the secure, managed use of real-time, presence-based messaging within corporations, and led the company to become the premier provider of these enterprise-class products.
Prior to joining Akonix, Mr. Shaw co-founded and served as CEO of Megatek, a pioneer in advanced, real time computer graphics systems; AGE Logic, an early provider of advanced GUI platforms and connectivity applications and later served as CEO of Sitematic, a hosted provider of web based applications. Mr. Shaw has held senior management positions at United Telecom (now Sprint NYSE: S) and NetManage (NASDAQ:NETM).
Mr. Shaw has also worked with and advised leading venture capital firms on the restructuring of numerous portfolio companies.
Currently, Mr. Shaw is an investor and member of the board of directors for Santrio, a Web-based order management software company, and also serves on the board of directors of the San Diego Venture Group (SDVG). In 2009 he serves as SDVG’s president. He also is a member of San Diego’s CONNECT organization. Previously he served as a Venture Partner for San Diego-based Windward Ventures and as a senior advisor for Venture Catalyst (OTC BB:VCAT.OB).
Mr. Shaw has raised, or has helped companies raise almost $100M in Venture Capital and Private financings.
Mr. Shaw holds a bachelor of engineering degree in electrical engineering from City College of New York and a master of business administration degree from the University of Connecticut.
The Short, More Entertaining, and To The Point, Bio:
Peter Shaw is a Principal in Shaw Management Advisors, Int’l LLC, (SMAI) a San Diego based international advisory firm that provides services for Senior Management, Boards, Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs.
SMAI specialize in advising its clients in strategic and operational aspects of their business. A number of assignments have included M&A, as well as restart and turn-around activities.
Mr. Shaw has been the founder or first professional CEO of six companies, a majority of which have led to successful exits. MUCH MORE has been learned from the ones that disappointed.
He has served, at the direction of venture capital investors/boards as interim and turnaround CEO for four other companies which allowed him to understand that the ‘smartest people’ often made serious mistakes. He also learned not to confuse being rich or spending a lot of money with being smart…or successful
Mr. Shaw has sat on over 20 private and public boards as an outside director. He has also served as a partner for a venture capital fund. All of which have given him incredible insights as an insider, while not being directly responsible for clear deliverables…a great position that allows one to claim success, or deny failure.
Mr. Shaw holds a bachelor of engineering degree in electrical engineering from City College of New York and a master of business administration degree from the University of Connecticut. His real ‘know-how’ has come after earning his PhD from the University of Reality.
Peter Shaw is a Principal in Shaw Management Advisors, Int’l LLC, (SMAI) a San Diego based international advisory firm that provides services for Senior Management, Boards, Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs.
SMAI specialize in advising its clients in strategic and operational aspects of their business. A number of assignments have included M&A, as well as restart and turn-around activities.
Mr. Shaw has been the founder or first professional CEO of six companies, a majority of which have led to successful exits. MUCH MORE has been learned from the ones that disappointed.
He has served, at the direction of venture capital investors/boards as interim and turnaround CEO for four other companies which allowed him to understand that the ‘smartest people’ often made serious mistakes. He also learned not to confuse being rich or spending a lot of money with being smart…or successful
Mr. Shaw has sat on over 20 private and public boards as an outside director. He has also served as a partner for a venture capital fund. All of which have given him incredible insights as an insider, while not being directly responsible for clear deliverables…a great position that allows one to claim success, or deny failure.
Mr. Shaw holds a bachelor of engineering degree in electrical engineering from City College of New York and a master of business administration degree from the University of Connecticut. His real ‘know-how’ has come after earning his PhD from the University of Reality.
