About
Peter Commons is a Senior Lecturer at Wisconsin School of Business who teaches software product and technology. He has held executive roles at Apple, Amazon, Groupon, and Zendesk, where he led product, engineering, and data teams across multiple organizational levels. Commons has over 10 years of hands-on development experience and holds 12 patents.
Experience
- Wisconsin School of BusinessSenior Lecturercurrent2021 — presentMadison, Wisconsin, United States
- PVCo LLCProduct & Technical Advisorcurrent2021 — presentOregon, Wisconsin, United States
- MercuryGrowth Partnercurrent2021 — present
- ZendeskVice President Of Software Engineering & Madison Site Leader2020 — 2021Madison, Wisconsin, United States
- The Conference BoardMember, Chief Data Officer Council2019 — 2020
- GrouponVP, Data & Discovery2019 — 2020Greater Chicago Area
- SMS Assist, L.L.C.Chief Product Officer2018 — 2019Greater Chicago Area
- AmazonDirector, Global Product & Technology, Amazon Fresh2016 — 2018
- AmazonDirector, International Technology2014 — 2016Greater Seattle Area
- AmazonDirector, Website Construction & Telemetry2010 — 2014
- AmazonSenior Manager, Website Behavior & Community Platform2007 — 2010
- AmazonSoftware Engineering Manager2005 — 2007
- Commonsense Software, Inc.President1993 — 2005
- IntuitConsultant2001 — 2003
- Prosoft EngineeringVP Engineering1997 — 2001
Education
- Stanford UniversityM.S., Computer Science1990 — 1992
- Stanford UniversityB.S., Computer Science1985 — 1989
Skills & more
Leadership6Scalability41Amazon Web Services (AWS)9Distributed Systems46Scrum16Agile Project Management16Cloud Computing12Agile Methodologies51Software Development34Software Engineering65Software Design20Architecture5
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LinuxSOAWeb ServicesArchitecturesE-commerceJavaPerlService-Oriented Architecture (SOA)Team BuildingFrom Peter's professional profile.
Colleagues at Mercury Fund
Adrian Barwinski
General Partner at Mercury Fund
Adrian Fortino
General Partner at Mercury Fund
Adrienne Miller
Investor at Mercury Fund
Aileen Allen
Partner at Mercury Fund
Alex Gras
Principal at Mercury Fund
Andreas Galliker
Chief Financial Officer at Mercury Fund
Andrew White
Venture Partner at Mercury Fund
Aziz Gilani
Associate at Mercury Fund
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Peter Commons work?
- Peter Commons is Partner at Mercury Fund.
- What check size does Peter Commons write?
- Peter Commons typically writes checks of $250K – $4M.
Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Wisconsin School of Business7
Eugene YangFund Operations Director at Keyhorse CapitalChristian KaczmarczykPrincipal at Third PrimeTom CarmonaManaging Director at Symphony Alpha VenturesJenna ScheffertInvestment Associate at InvestBevShawn DennisVenture Partner at Listen VenturesAnthony AbrahamSr. Director of Googler and Candidate Operations (People Experience & Excellence) at Black Angel Group
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Also worked at The Conference Board4
Also worked at Groupon91
Greg RudinBoard Partner at Menlo VenturesTed LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionEric LefkofskyEntrepreneur & PhilanthropistJyri EngeströmPartner at Lifeline VenturesBria IulianoExecutive Assistant at Two Bear CapitalBrittanyInvestor at Backstage Capital
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