About Us
Presto keeps families and friends connected
Presto was founded in 2004 by successful entrepreneurs who happened to come from large families. With parents, brothers and sisters, plus nieces and nephews spread across the country, they saw the need for a new and simple way to keep the extended family connected by making it easier to share digital content.
And that’s exactly what Presto does. We have developed a unique digital-delivery service that enables families and friends to stay in touch via email and shared photos, without the need for a computer or Internet connection. So everyone—even those who don’t have, or who struggle with, a computer—can stay connected.
Presto includes the Presto Mail service, PrestoConnect account manager web site, and Printing Mailbox, developed in partnership with HP and designed for the country’s 78 million baby boomers and their parents. In the future, we’ll unveil new offerings that everyone can use, from kids to college students to grandparents, in the workplace and at home. Presto is paving the way for families and friends to stay connected like never before.
President and CEO
Vice President of Engineering
Vice President of Finance and Operations
Knowledge Share LLC
Vice President of Engineering
President and CEO
Presto Board of Directors
For over 20 years, Peter has developed and marketed consumer technology products people love to use. Peter focuses on developing products that have a deep connection with their users—crafting and communicating each product's unique and compelling story. This has been his core success strategy behind the development, positioning and launch of hundreds of new consumer products and services at startups, mid-size and Fortune 100 companies.
Over Peter's career, he has led marketing and product development functions at Seagate Technologies, Monster Cable Products, Mirra, Oceanic Worldwide, Sage Systems and Data Robotics. Besides leading marketing and product management teams at those companies, Peter also played key roles raising venture capital and managing the integration of employees gained through acquisition.
He has a B.A. in Industrial Arts from San Francisco State University where he also completed his graduate coursework, taught a core design course, and is a frequent speaker.
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Mike brings to Presto nearly 20 years of experience developing and delivering technology products with both established market leaders and startups. He joined Presto in 2005, building the technical team that developed the Presto service.
Prior to joining Presto, Mike was the Director of Product Engineering at Mailblocks, Inc. That company's award-winning web-based email service incorporated a novel approach to spam protection and was purchased by AOL in 2004. Mike continued at AOL as a Principal Product Manager until he joined Presto.
Mike began his career at HP as a Systems Software Engineer, and then later held development and technical leadership roles at startup EO, Inc., a pioneer in the handheld communicating device market. He continued his work with handheld devices as an engineer and later Technical Director at General Magic, Inc. prior to becoming Vice President of Engineering at Icras, Inc., a General Magic spin-off.
Mike holds a BA in Economics and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University, where he later taught the core operating systems course to both graduate and undergraduate students.
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Greg Paulsen brings an extensive background in finance and business development as well as more than 15 years of business experience and leadership to the Presto team.
As Intuit's Vice President of Corporate Development, Greg and his team worked with many of the company's businesses on growth strategies and executed a variety of strategic transactions. Greg served as Senior Director of Finance for a division of Intuit where he provided financial leadership and business consulting to grow and improve the operations of businesses ranging in size from $10M to $200M of revenue. Prior to Intuit, Greg spent several years at LSI Logic and PricewaterhouseCoopers in a variety of finance and consulting roles. At LSI, he served as a senior leader in the corporate planning and analysis organization. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, he led engagement teams to provide strategy and business consulting, M&A, and audit services to clients in numerous technology industries.
Greg is a Certified Public Accountant and has BS/MSCE degrees in materials science from the University of Nevada at Reno and an MBA degree from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford.
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Andrew is a Managing Director at Knowledge Share LLC, providing operating and consulting services to pre-public companies. He brings over 20 years of technology management, consulting, and coaching experience to his role, including serving as the President and CEO of two companies, executive management at Sun Microsystems, and strategy consulting to Fortune 500 firms with the Boston Consulting Group.
At Knowledge Share, Andrew has served as a virtual executive in a wide range of firms in need of rapid infusions of management expertise. Recent roles have included: EVP Marketing and Business Development for a wireless network software firm where he helped redefine the company's target markets leading to the acquisition of major new accounts; and virtual VP Marketing for a searchable webcasting and streaming video service firm, where he opened a new market and negotiated multiple channel contracts. Other assignment examples include: VP Marketing for a profitable online pet store (acquired), VP Product Management for an online payment firm, VP Sales for an online market service provider, and CEO for a security software spinout from a US DOE National Laboratory.
Immediately prior to joining Knowledge Share, Andrew served as CEO of SuperKids.com. The site receives over one million visitors/month, and has been profitable since its first quarter of operation. Andrew also served as the initial CEO of ExactBid, the leading provider of workflow solutions for real estate due diligence. The company's RIMS product is used by four of the five largest commercial real estate lenders in the US. Andrew spent nine years at Sun Microsystems where his positions included worldwide marketing responsibility for a $700 million/year subsidiary.
Andrew's Board memberships include SuperKids and ExactBid. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Cerego, a creator of adaptive, web-based applications that maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of learning, memory, and performance. Andrew earned a Bachelors degree in Economics from Stanford University, and an MBA degree from Harvard.
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Raymond brings to Presto a wealth of experience and leadership in consumer-focused technology products and in strategy development and execution.
Before serving as Presto’s CEO and President from 2006-2008, Raymond spent eight years with Intuit where he helped shape the direction and execution of successful growth strategies for the company. Most recently he was Senior Vice President of Strategy and Chief Marketing Officer. Before Intuit, Raymond served as Vice President and Partner with the Boston Consulting Group, leading the West Coast high technology and media practice. Much of his work involved exploring market opportunities and segmentation, competitive dynamics, business economics, and evaluating investments and acquisitions.
In addition to his family and business pursuits, Raymond is active in the community. He is currently a board member of The Holocaust Center of Northern California.
He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Masters Degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
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