Peter Platzer

Experience

Boston Consulting Group

Consultant 1997 - 2002 (over 4 years)

Founder

Spire, Spire Global

Employee

Boston Consulting Group, Deutsche Bank, Harvard Business School, NASA Ames Research Center, Fotango, The Rohatyn Group

Advisor

Collective i

Board Member

Because Learning

Projects

ArduSat

First generation of the Arduino based CubeSat idea

CEO · Website ArduSat.org Nanosatisfi.com Spacecraft properties Launch mass 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) Start of mission Launch date 3 August 2013, 19:48:46… · More

With Jeroen Cappaert, Joel Spark, Nick Allain, Vasilis Georgitzikis, Marshall Culpepper

Education

About

Achievements

Built $500m quantitative trading business
Co-created and launched CareerTeams at Harvard Business School
Created 1000 digit precision algebra library in assembler for 1980s HP 41
Hiked to Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mount Everest Base Camp

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

Physics Software Development Quantitative Finance Company Building Executive Management Risk Management Business Strategy Business Analysis Mentoring Emerging Markets Business Building

Locations

San Francisco Silicon Valley

Q&A

What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

The hard thing about hard things

What's your favorite non-business book?

Lord of the Rings

If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

CEO of Spire

Peter Platzer

CEO of Spire Global Inc, strong science and business background (CERN, HBS, BCG). Adept at capitalizing on exponential change trends

Built $500m quantitative trading business Co-created and launched CareerTeams at Harvard Business School Created 1000 digit precision algebra library in assembler for 1980s HP 41 Hiked to Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mount Everest Base Camp

Built $500m quantitative trading business
Co-created and launched CareerTeams at Harvard Business School
Created 1000 digit precision algebra library in assembler for 1980s HP 41
Hiked to Mt. Kilimanjaro and Mount Everest Base Camp