Shaw Management Advisors

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 advisory services, as well as restart and turn-around activities.

SMAI maintains offices in San Diego, Ca. and Jerusalem Israel.

Mr. Shaw has been the founder or first professional CEO of six companies, a majority of which have led to successful exits. But, MUCH MORE has been learned from the ones that disappointed.

He has also 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 make serious mistakes. He also learned not to confuse being rich or spending a lot of money with being smart…or successful

Mr. Shaw has run operations and subsidiaries in the US, Europe/EMEA, and Asia.

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 this experience has 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 masters of business administration degree from the University of Connecticut. His real ‘know-how’ has come after earning his PhD from the University of Reality.

Shaw Management Advisors International

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Peter Shaw, 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 advisory services, 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.

SMAI maintains offices in San Diego, Ca. and Jerusalem Israel.

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 executive chairman of an Israeli AgTech company created to provide farmers with a safe alternative to chemical pesticides. Previously, he was chief executive officer of Akonix Systems, Inc. , which was aquired by 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.

Before 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 run operations and subsidiaries in the US, Europe/EMEA/Israel, and Asia.

Mr. Shaw has also worked with and advised leading venture capital firms on the restructuring of numerous portfolio companies.

Mr. Shaw served on the board of directors of the San Diego Venture Group (SDVG) and also as its president as well as a Board Member of San Diego’s CONNECT organization.

At San Diego State University's Fowler College of Business he is its Executive in Residence and Director of the Fowler Scholars Program for Ethical Business Leadership as well as a Director on the College's Advisory Board. Previously he served as Chairman of the Board for it Entrepreneurial Center.

Mr. Shaw also was a Partner for San Diego-based Windward Ventures and as a senior advisor for Venture Catalyst (OTC BB:VCAT.OB). He currently is involved in M&A Advisory activities, sits on selected commercial Boards, and is a technology advisor for a major Las Vegas style casino.

Mr. Shaw has raised, or has helped companies raise almost $100M in Venture Capital and Private financing's.

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.

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