Peter Liss

I recently qualified with the Professional Diploma in Coaching & Mentoring from Kingstown College. With 40 years work experience, across diverse functions (finance, procurement, product management, Programme Management and especially Sales & Bus. Dev) I have much to offer any professionnal seeking a life coach or performance coach, or general help with their life and career.

Responsible for Worldwide Sales at Inpixon, leader in RTLS (Real-time location systems) & Indoor Location. Now part of XTI Aerospace, listed on Nasdaq. Inpixon (and its integrated subsidiaries nanotron technologies and Intranav GmbH) delivers safety & productivity solutions for Industry and mining, with our principle focus being manufacturing and intralogistics. Inpixon, in the Gartner Leader Quadrant, provides end-to-end RTLS solutions in Germany, Europe and USA, with innovative commercial models.

A Business Development expert in IoT (Internet of Things) and Technology. Able to bridge the gap between engineers and senior commercial executives, to create real value. Based in Germany, but experienced in working across Europe. Specialist experience: Telcos; IoT, Technology; Sales; Procurement; Product Development, Business & Financial planning, scouting for new Technology for Venture Capital firms and performing Due Diligence.

Partner Director, focusing on Business Development and Sales in the EMEA region, and sales to mobile and fixed telecommunications operators, software vendors and Systems Integrators. ThingWorx is the IoT division of PTC, maker of industrial software, with the industry-leading ThingWorx M2M Application Enablement platform. I have achieved 300% of my sales targets and built partnerships with leading Telco groups such as Vodafone and Altice (SFR).

Responsible for developing business & generating revenue for Vodafone's M2M platform & capabilities in Vodafone's 40 Partner Telcos. Developed the M2M Proposition, licensing model and marketing for Vodafone's global M2M platform & M2M Connected Devices. Negotiated pricing models & M2M roaming tariffs & close working with the Vodafone regional sales teams and other Carriers on specific sale opportunities across Europe, Russia, Asia and Americas.

Working with 100's of vendors (Radio, Core, IT, Service Platforms) to meet the procurement needs of Vodafone's 44 international Partner Operators. Reporting to both Global Supply Chain and Partner Markets. Covering Purchasing and SCM programmes such as Supplier Performance.

Working in Global Terminals responsible for Samsung, LG and Sharp relationship management, handset negotiations, ranging and contract negotiations (Global Frame Work Agreements).

Joint inventor and patent holder of Vodafone Simply, an award winning easy to use mobile handset. Product Manager overseeing development of handset from a blank sheet of paper to a Global Vodafone Proposition, launched in 8 countries, with 2 follow up models.

Working for CEO and CFO and responsible for closing a 30 M USD seed financing round with Silicon Valley VenCap and managing the relationship with vendors during the transition. The company was so successful that in 2008 it was acquired by Sun for $1 Billion (!!)

Senseboard was a high-tech company with a prototype virtual keyboard for touch typing with mobile devices. It was a wearable device, with patented technology. Senseboard won the prize for best new technology at COMDEX in Las Vegas in 2000. I was Responsible for strategy, capital raising, partnerships, corporate & business development and management of the product development.

Financial planning for Orange's new mobile operator business in Sweden (later sold)

I was scouting for Telecoms investments during the dotcom boom. The company was reconstituted as a wireless application developer for mobile workforce

I co-founded Questus AB, a telecoms consultancy, in Sweden. On Board of Directors from 1998 as Company Secretary of Questus Ltd, which grew from 10 to 40 people before being sold to WFI Inc. for 23 Million USD. As a Senior Consultant, I was Programme and Product Manager in various roles for Telenet, Telfort (BT in Holland), Eircell (Vodafone Ireland), Simobil and P&T luxembourg. Roles: prepaid product manager, test launch of network, and three GSM licence applications.

I was recruited as a financial planning Project Manager to evaluate acquisitions, GSM network bids, service provider and distribution plans. Unisource Mobile was owned by Swiss PTT, Telefonica, KPN and Telia. I did several GSM licence bids, including Italy with ATT, and retail distribution planning in Spain and Scandinavia.

I joined the County Natwest bank (NatWest investment bank) as a graduate trainee in London. I worked mainly in Marketing, closing Commercial Paper and Japanese Equity Warrant issues, and managing the relationships with key Japanese clients for the bank.

Research analyst working on pricing studies, and the building sector and company financial analysis

Located in Tokyo, as a trainee, I was responsible for financial planning of an IBM campus in China, using early versions of Lotus spreadsheets

Finance, Marketing, New business launch, Entrepreneurship.