Peter Lyons
Telecom Partnerships and Business Development
Hybrid economist, technologist, and futurist with over a decade leading business development and advocacy for top tier telecom groups including Verizon, AT&T, Vodafone, and premier industry bodies including the GSMA and World Economic Forum.
Extensive experience mobilizing telecom operators, industry verticals and investors around 5G value propositions and use cases. Developed online video series “Every Industry will be impacted by 5G” which reached over 2 million unique viewers on social media;
Experience working across technical and marketing domains to bring over $130 million innovative product offerings to market.
Early career on Wall Street as an Equity Research Analyst covering telecom, media and technology companies in emerging markets.
Seeking purposeful opportunities to leverage my global telecom and investor network, deep industry expertise, creative problem solving abilities to shape business and market outcomes.
Skills
Languages
Arabic
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Fluent
Spanish
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Fluent
Portuguese
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Intermediate
Work experiences
Principal Consultant
Freelance
Jun 2019 ~ Present
Advisory and support for 5G and cloud infrastructure investment projects lead by the World Bank Group and IFC;
Chief Innovation Officer
Atomic Capital Inc
Aug 2018 ~ May 2019
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10 mosCo-founded Atomic Capital, a financial and capital markets technology company streamlining SEC-compliant securities offerings and investment;
Led business development team; prospected, negotiated and signed corporate issuers which listed 130 million digital securities offerings to accredited investors on the Atomic platform;
Helped facilitate sale of key assets to investors and exited Atomic in May 2019;
Partnership Development Lead, TMT
The World Economic Forum
Jan 2018 ~ Aug 2018
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8 mosBusiness development and strategic communications targeting C-level leaders in the global telecom and technology sectors;
Community Lead, Telecommunications Industry
The World Economic Forum
Nov 2015 ~ Feb 2018
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2 yrs 4 mosDeveloped online buzz video series “Every Industry will be impacted by 5G” which reached over 2 million unique viewers on social media;
Helped increase industry partnership revenues by 30% over 2 years;
Conceived and led internal symposium and guest speaker series on 5G use cases and impact across industries;
Senior Director
GSM Association GSMA
Sep 2010 ~ Nov 2015
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5 yrs 3 mosLed business development and advocacy on behalf of telecom industry association in the Middle East and Africa;
Engaged national governments, multilateral institutions, media to shape technology policy discourse, contribute to market research and articulate mobile industry perspectives;
Established consensus among telecom operators, governments, and regulators to allocate spectrum to 4G and 5G; unlocking an estimated $108 billion regional GDP from 2015 to 2025;
Catalyzed UNHCR humanitarian connectivity initiative reaching a quarter million internally displaced people in Iraq;
Headed regional team with 2 million GBP annual budget covering 3 direct reports, event marketing, public relations and market research;
Sell-Side Equity Research Analyst, TMT
Oscar Gruss Inc
Apr 2006 ~ Jul 2010
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4 yrs 4 mosConceived original investment ideas for institutional clients based on fundamental and event-driven equity research covering the telecom, media, and technology sectors;
Developed robust financial and valuation models supported by in-depth research of telecom market, regulation and technological innovation;
Equity research, analysis, and recommendations drove 700 million in investment flows from institutional clients;
Educations
Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Non-Degree Program (e.g. Coursera certificate)・Advanced Executive Communications Program
2012 - 2012
DePaul University
Master of Science (MS)・Telecommunications Systems
2002 - 2004
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3.8/4 GPAActivities and societies
Developed study abroad program "IT in Emerging Markets" and led student groups to meet business and technology leaders in Brazil and Argentina.
George Washington University
Non-Degree Program (e.g. Coursera certificate)・Master Certificate IT Project Management
2000 - 2001
Purdue University
Bachelor of Science (BS)・Bachelor of Science Economics
1994 - 1999
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3.3/4 GPAActivities and societies
President of Purdue Economics Club
Outstanding Service Award, Krannert School of Management
