Steve Peltier has more than 20 years of senior executive management experience during which he successfully led sales, business development and company expansion efforts on an international scale while managing the capital resources of companies in the early to mid-stages of growth. He was formerly the President and CEO of San Diego, California-based ICS/Advent Corporation, which designed, manufactured and integrated industrial PC-based computing platforms for industrial automation, telephony and data center applications for companies such as AT&T, British Telecom, France Telecom, Telephonos de Mexico, Northern Telecom and Lucent. Peltier co-founded the company in 1987 and was instrumental in the company's global growth, achieving revenues of more than $100 million, and standing as the third-largest supplier of industrial computers in the world. Prior to ICS/Advent, Peltier was the Chief Financial Officer of The Sickels Group, a diversified real estate development company headquartered in San Diego. Peltier holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from San Diego State University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California (retired status). |