Peter Prizio Jr.Founder

United States - Alexandria, Virginia,

I love to bring order to chaos at early-stage companies. I excel at creating a product organization and driving a product and go-to-market strategy to take an engineering-led MVP and create a sellable, scalable product.

I thrive in mission-oriented organizations that are still feeling out their purpose, defining a new product, or struggling to find product-market fit and, more-importantly, go-to-market fit. Ultimately, I strive to create products that matter; that solves a problem; that achieve their goals. To accomplish this, I first surround myself with amazing people, focus on customer needs, and work to shape a joint vision for the product, company, and customer.

I have thoroughly enjoyed my journey from a patent examiner to a hardware and systems engineer to a consultant to a first product person to a VP of product. I have discovered my passion for making the complex simple and creating net new products. My personal and professional experiences have taught me that:

I know how to build and launch new products with rapid market traction to get to the all-important first $1M.
* I put the customer at the center of all that I do while innovating past the status-quo
* I have a strong instinct to help shape the early ambiguous and then iterate and refine with data
* I focus on making the best decisions with the information available

I can inspire world-class teams around a shared vision.
* I speak both exec and tech to traverse across the organization
* I elevate the team above myself, but the problems are mine
* I support all groups – strategy, sales, marketing, engineering – toward key objectives

I never want to stop learning or growing.
* I am forever curious about all things
* I am continually striving to be better, both personally and professionally
* I am always reading and discovering new perspectives

I love to connect with new people and hearing new perspectives. Reach out to talk about emerging tech - especially in the cybersecurity space, creating products, or to let me know about any interesting books or podcasts you are excited about.