Pete Hayes

Pete Hayes is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder at Peeq and Partner at Blu Venture Investors. Pete Hayes is currently the Founder and CEO of Middleburg Venture Partners a boutique consulting firm that focuses on strategy, insight, innovation, and investment in the technology sectors. He was previously Executive Vice President, Commercial Sales and Support at Frontier Communications responsible for 50% of the revenue of company, generating over $2.3B and leading over 1,400 people. As a Corporate Officer Pete was involved in all strategic decisions, and board meetings and he also participated in multiple due diligence activities. Pete worked at Microsoft from June 1991 to January 2005 in various leadership positions. While at Microsoft Pete developed Microsoft’s worldwide strategy for enterprise customers, created Microsoft’s US Public Sector business, and built Microsoft’s Public Sector business for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Prior to Microsoft, Pete worked at IBM in various sales, technical, and management roles. Pete is a board member of the Initiative for Global Development (IGD).