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PETER SISPOIDIS

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CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER / ENTREPRENEUR

Dedicated 20+ year career launching successful entrepreneurial ventures, securing venture capital, guiding th e

development of industry-first products, and building and leading top-performing teams in exceeding established goals

Strategic & Organizational Planning New Business & Product Launch Product Innovation & Development

Revenue & Market Growth Venture & Capital Funding Team Development & Leadership Client & Partner Relations

Accomplished entrepreneur, technologist, and leader with proven ability in identifying opportunities, creating strategy, defining and

communicating vision, building organizational structure, and establishing and mobilizing teams in delivering innovative products that have

captured new revenue streams and improved competitive standing.

Developed and launched international award-winning unique game for the Macintosh platform that generated over $1 million in

sales and $650K in title acquisition revenue, and led to the subsequent $2 million acquisition of company.

Developed and launched industry-first software products that have resulted in a patent, 14 patent filings, an award from MacWorld

Magazine, and the establishment of new industry standards.

Founded, managed, and positioned 4 companies for profitable buyout within the gaming, network communications, and in-game

advertising network markets.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EVOLUTION4, LLC – Guilford, CT 2013-present

Principal

Launched independent consulting business to help start-ups define, execute, and deliver technology products to market.

Provide interim CTO role for client companies and work with founding team members to turn business ideas into deliverable products.

Successes & Achievements:

Pivoted a local services start-up technology and business model in response to market reaction

Driving product design and technology planning for an automatic life journaling app for iPhone

Assisting in the technical deployment of a medical device through FDA trials

RADIAL NETWORK CORPORATION – Branford, CT 2012-2013

Chief Technology Officer

Brought to market a new game monetization platform that increased revenue for games by over 80% over the lifecycle of titles by

leveraging video advertising.

Total responsibility for technical direction and product features, creating revenue projection models and cost assumptions, d efining

business case for partners, and guiding team of 10 in the development of software in an Agile environment.

Successes & Achievements:

Built a platform that provided a new model for publishing releases and securing additional revenues from game users.

Led the migration of legacy network to Amazon Web Services with zero business disruption that reduced costs, increased

flexibility, and minimized the dependency on capital heavy hardware investments.

IGA WORLDWIDE, INC. – Branford, CT 2004-2012

Chief Technology Officer

Built and managed ground breaking business to capture new advertising medium computer video games.

Secured $56 million in venture capital, established relationships with game publishers and advertising agencies, defined prod uct vision and

strategy, created IP strategy, deployed production and test environments, and built and led team in developing an advertising platform that

evolved as the leading ad delivery system for in-gaming advertising.

Successes & Achievements:

Pivotal role in growing organization from start-up to 50 employees globally generating $6 million in revenue.

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Managed global technology and operations teams for Radial Network the 1 in-game advertising network reaching 3 million users

weekly on gaming, mobile, and computing platforms. Designed architecture, data warehouse, business intelligence, campaign

planning, booking, and reporting systems; designed algorithms to manage content delivery, predict impression inventory, and

optimize network usage; and established metrics and Internet Advertising Bureau standards for new advertising medium.

Pivotal role in closing deal with Sony Computer Entertainment to provide advertising services to the Playstation 3 platform. Led the

integration of platform into EA Madden Football and Need for Speed games.

ILLUMINATED PARTNERS, LLC. – Branford, CT 2002-2004

Partner / Chief Technology Officer

Launched technology consulting business to develop solutions to enable businesses to expand into new markets.

Drove all aspects of new product research & development efforts for engineering, consumer, and enterprise applications.

Successes & Achievements:

Directed the design of sailboat tracking product leveraging GPS and 3D visualization technology that provided the means to analyze

racing performance.

Transformed a pattern-matching algorithm into a scalable software solution for law enforcement.

AXIOM8, INC. – Middletown, CT 1998-2002

Chief Technology Officer

Conceptualized, built the company, and drove the development of an enterprise-class unified communications platform providing seamlessly

integrated voice, video, and data streams to telephone and computer endpoints.

Rapidly built and set the direction for a team of 15, secured $13 million in venture financing, created financial and business plans, built

relationships with analysts and clients, and designed the IP strategy. Defined and guided the vision and technology strategy, evaluated

emerging technologies, and guided all aspects of product development.

Successes & Achievements:

Drove the development and launch of new communications platform that bridged PSTN and IP networ ks, resulting in 7 patent

filings. Product was sold to The Hartford Test Labs and Dattco Transportation.

HELIOTROPE STUDIOS – East Haven, CT 1994-1998

Founder / Vice President of Development

Approached by THQ, Inc. to launch new PC games subsidiary and the next-generation of previously developed and highly successful Pax

Imperia game, Eminent Domain.

Oversaw successful acquisition of Changeling Software, built team of 30, established new organizational infrastructure, and led the f ull life

cycle design of cross-platform, networked product that enabled THQ, Inc. to capture new PC gaming market.

Successes & Achievements:

Recruited the team, secured new office space, and build infrastructure within 3 months. Established performance metrics, provided

clear vision and goals, and provided the leadership to achieve success.

Led the design and delivery of new multi-lingual, multi-platform product that generated over $10 million in revenue within 2 years.

Managed all aspects of creative and technical design for a new product version that led to a significant improvement in game balance,

playability, and revenue.

CHANGELING SOFTWARE – Windsor Locks, CT 1991-1994

Founder / Vice President of Development

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Began entrepreneurial venture, and designed and launched Pax Imperia the 1 game that enabled both real-time and turn-based play.

Led the development and launch of multi-lingual product within 2 years that won MacWorld Magazine’s Strategy Game of the Year

Award in 1993 for its complex gameplay, real-time mode, and concurrent player capability.

Designed all user experience elements and developed data representation models to provide real-time situational awareness of

economic, research, combat, and positional trends.

TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCY & LEADERSHIP

C / C++, Objective C, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, ActionScript, ColdFusion, and PHP Languages

Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office Suite, and Keynote Software; MS Windows and Mac OS X Operating Systems

Agile Methodology; Cross-Platform Architecture and Design; Software Architecture and Design

User Interface Design and Usability; Audio and Video Compression; Network Design and Implementation

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