Peter is the founder and CEO of three technology companies, Multiven - a global provider of Internet infrastructure maintenance services, Pingsta - an engineers-in-the-cloud software and services provider and most recently Paatle, a social platform that simplifies the way consumers rent, buy and sell real estate worldwide.
Prior to Multiven, Pingsta and Paatle, Peter spent five years in Cisco’s $17+ billion per annum services organization based in California, where he excelled in various technical and non-technical leadership positions. These include leading the Core Architecture Technology Solutions group which was responsible for all source-code level IOS and IOS-XR operating system software, ASIC-level hardware and technology concerns raised by Internet service providers, government and fortune 500 customers worldwide. Peter also served as the technical escalation point for high-end routers such as the Gigabit Switch Router - GSR 12000, ESR 10000 etc. while adding value to Cisco's flagship Core Routing System - CRS before, during and after first customer shipment.
Prior to this, he was in consulting engineering within Cisco’s advanced engineering services group in London, UK covering EMEA for strategic Internet service provider clients with network assets in excess of USD$1 billion e.g. AT&T, Level 3, UUNet/WorldCom and Global Crossing. Before Cisco, Peter held various engineering positions at IBM Global Services and AT&T Global Network Services based out of the United Kingdom.
As an avid believer that we are all here to help make the world a better place, Peter founded R2EL and TAN, two non-profit initiatives that are fostering the growth of entrepreneurship and technology as a means of improving global human capital development.
Peter holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Civil Engineering from the University of Ife, Ile-Ife and has completed executive leadership development education from Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. He is a certified Kepner-Tregoe program leader, a master-troubleshooter and an expert on ancient Japanese martial arts.
With over ten years of marketing, business development and operational expertise in Europe, North America and Africa, Deka leads Multiven's multi-faceted business units globally.
She is responsible for running the company's global business operations worldwide, enabling strategic partnerships and furthering Multiven's customer success around the globe. Prior to assuming the role of President, Deka was Multiven's Chief Marketing Officer ensuring consistency with the corporate vision, creating service products and business marketing strategies for Multiven's customers, channel partners and eco-system stakeholders worldwide while extending the company's brand equity and mindshare globally. She also led Multiven’s market intelligence, business development and strategic partnership business units.
Prior to Multiven, she was involved in brand development, market intelligence and public relations for leading enterprise and consumer companies ranging from Diesel Jeans to Cisco Systems.
Deka was educated in France and England before earning a B.S. degree with honors in marketing from San Francisco State University. She speaks four languages and enjoys running, yoga and pilates in her downtime.