Pete was the first employee of a pioneer in the online classifieds space - Classifieds2000, which was acquired by Excite@Home in 1998. Pete developed and managed the company's distribution network, which at the time of the acquisition was the largest of its kind with over 14 of the top 25 most visited sites on the Internet. Pete also created and managed Excite's personals business, which had a larger reach than both Yahoo Personals and Match.com at its height when he left Excite@Home in 1999. During his career, Pete has worked in sales and marketing at companies including Hewlett-Packard, Anthem Electronics and Recognition Systems. Pete received a BSEE with honors from the University of the Pacific.