Pete Staples

President & Founder

Pete has a rich background in engineering and business.  He worked as a systems engineer for Boeing Satellite Systems in El Segundo, CA for five years, where he designed advanced communication payloads and evaluated new business opportunities.  His final assignment there was in a leadership role on the multi-billion dollar Spaceway™ project.  In addition to his work for Boeing, he has done projects for Hewlett-Packard (China), Techno-Sciences (USA), Clemson University, Telia (Sweden), the University of Michigan Medical Center, and Dow Chemical.

Pete holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA where he specialized in entrepreneurship.  Twice he led teams to the semifinals in the Knapp New Venture Competition.  He also received the Mitsui Fellowship for International Business and the Kauffman Fellowship for entrepreneurial research in China.  Pete also earned a BS in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and earned an MS in electrical engineering at Clemson University, where his research was focused on wireless networks.  While at Clemson, he received the Harris Teaching Assistant of the Year Award.