Peter Dickstein, Founder, ShadyPower Technologies

Peter Dickstein is a 35-year business leader (Founder, CEO, CFO, and strategy advisor).

He is Founder of ShadyPower Technologies, developer of a proprietary, patent-pending IOT technology platform for climate-sustainable, enhanced comfort outdoor work and living. He is Co-Founder of TAPS, a machine-learning consultancy focused on sales lead optimization and churn prevention. He is Chairman (Emeritus) and Co-Founder of Solful (www.solful.com), a California-based branded destination cannabis dispensary company and a guest lecturer at universities including the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

He has served in CEO, Chairman, and other C-Suite roles for IOT, SAAS, cleantech, and travel insurance companies. In 1999 Peter founded and served as CEO of eProsper, Inc. (ultimately acquired by Morgan Stanley in 2018 for $900MM) whose patented, SAAS capitalization management system (“CapMx”) became the industry gold standard in the early 2000s and is used today by more than 6,000 venture-funded companies and their corporate law firms.

Peter served as CFO for several medical device and technology companies including TruMed Systems, Inc., EndoTex Interventional Systems (acquired by Boston Scientific) and Atrionix (acquired by Johnson & Johnson). He was an EIR at Los Alamos National Laboratory where he identified and helped commercialize technology including Acoustic Cytometry Systems (acquired by Thermo Fisher Scientific) and architected the Los Alamos Venture Acceleration Fund.

In the early 90s Peter negotiated a $500MM vendor financing facility for Pyxis Corporation (ultimately acquired by Becton Dickinson for $12BB) with GE Capital that rapidly accelerated Pyxis’ market penetration and provided non-dilutive growth capital in lieu of equity.

In addition to his general management roles, Peter has initiated, organized, negotiated, and completed numerous equity, debt, and M&A transactions with angel, institutional and strategic investors, and lenders. He has managed functional areas including product development and engineering, sales, service, finance and administration, and external relationships with investors, contract manufacturers, investment bankers, banks, attorneys, and auditors.

Peter has served on the boards of Friends of the Urban Forest, the San Francisco Day School, and multiple companies. He is a dual citizen of the United States and Germany.

He holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a M.B.A. from The Wharton School.