Michael is an Industry leader from internet/web1 to metaverse/web3 and now AI with a unique combination of business, technology, marketing, brand & venture experience. In addition to being Managing Director PVAI Consulting he is also the Co-Founder of AIREA, a SaaS AI marketing platform that combines leading text, image, video, and data AI Models to efficiently produce content at scale. He previously led as CEO and sold a top internet digital marketing firm and was an Advisory Board Member and Shareholder of an AI search platform from its earliest days in an accelerator through its acquisition; President of a multi-brand investment and operating company created by the founder of Nautica; Board member of a fashion accessories company working with IZOD, Calvin Klein, PVH and Kenneth Cole.

Pete has been helping Marketing Leaders understand, adapt, and innovate with Emerging Technologies for over 25 years. Working with brands over his career as diverse as Colgate-Palmolive, Hewlett-Packard, Keurig Dr. Pepper, SC Johnson, and Molson Coors, Peter has been responsible for developing consumer strategies and managing multiple $250 million omni-channel media programs. He was an early internet marketing pioneer, pivotal in the development of a leading interactive marketing division for FCB, one of the world’s largest communication consultancies. He then went on to co-found, build as COO, and sell a successful marketing consultancy of over 80 marketing professionals which helped leading brands such as Allstate, AT&T, Sears, Grainger and more develop digital strategies.