Peter Rabbeni

About Peter Rabbeni

Peter is a senior executive with over 35 years of semiconductor solution selling within the mobile, telecom and defense markets with a track record of success driving growth in both established and emerging businesses as well as managing innovative product portfolios for maximum profitability. As a globally experienced semiconductor industry executive, he has earned a reputation for launching, managing, and scaling product development campaigns that deliver unprecedented revenue and market share while meeting high-margin P&L targets. His intense focus on building great businesses through active customer engagement and consultative selling has been his core trademark. He has extensive experience managing and leading high functioning teams in sales, marketing, strategy and engineering and has spoken extensively at conferences across North America, Europe and Asia on the topics of wireless and power semiconductor markets and technologies. Peter is currently the Founder and CEO of Weston Creek Consulting LLC, a firm focused on providing business consulting services to small/medium companies in the wireless communications and semiconductor manufacturing industries. Examples of Peter’s career highlights include: Successfully developing, launching and ramping silicon-on-insulator radio foundry products, capturing nearly 80% of the mobile smartphone market Growing annual revenue from $600m to >$1b and owning P & Ls of up to $3b; cultivated Asia-based foundry business from $0 to >$500m in 5 years Leading and consummating successful M&A activity (GF acquisition of IBM MD) Driving and leading necessary business actions to support the successful IPO of GF Championing transformational change through process and structure Mentoring and supporting women in technology Hold a certificate from the Stanford University Executive Program for Growing CompaniesPeter’s ability to combine his systems engineering background and business/technical acumen has allowed him to deliver outstanding leadership for manufacturing & technology-focused organizations. Areas of specialization and expertise:Global Sales & Marketing Strategy | Business Development | International Team Management | P&L Ownership | Forecasting | M&A | Contract Negotiations | Pricing Strategies | Product Management | Strategic Partnerships | Startups | Disruptive Technology Evangelist | Restructuring | Transformation | Cost Control | Long Term Sourcing Agreements | Process Development | Budgeting | Mentoring

Experience

1. Chief Business Officer

   Lumeova

   Nov 2024 — Present · Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US

   Developed and executed go-to-market and sales strategies for the launch of WiRays®, a proprietary high-speed optical transceiver enabling advanced optical transport applications.• Scaled business development operations, building strategic partner and customer relationships to accelerate adoption and support the transition from prototype to volume production. • Led seed+/Series A fundraising efforts, engaging with investors to support organizational scale-up and secure funding for product commercialization and market expansion.• Collaborated with peers to support US DoD and DARPA SBIR proposals and submissions, outlining commercialization plans and financial forecasts.

Education

• University of Massachusetts Lowell

  Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical Engineering

  1986 — 1991

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Executive Program for Emerging Companies, Business Administration and Management, General

  2019 — 2019

• Stevens Institute of Technology

  BSEE, Electrical Engineering

  1982 — 1986

Skills

• Ip
• Business Development
• Product Strategy
• Product Marketing
• Lte
• Ic
• Rf
• System Design
• Semiconductor Industry
• Strategy
• Consumer Electronics
• Mixed Signal
• 4g
• Smart Grid
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Semiconductors
• Hardware
• Mobile Devices
• Asic
• Telecommunications
• Product Development
• New Business Development
• Wifi
• Gsm
• Product Management
• Electronics
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Bluetooth
• Consultative Selling
• Cellular Communications
• Contract Negotiation
• Selling
• Start-Ups
• Handsets
• 3g
• Wireless
• Business Alliance Development
• Mobile Communications
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Crm