About Peter Kim

Now:

I'm building a startup to deliver social business design services and technology, with fellow principals Jeffrey Dachis, Kate Niederhoffer, Jevon MacDonald, David Armano, and Ellen Reynolds.   The company is funded by Austin Ventures and operating in beta.

You can get in touch with me at +1 512 364-0046 or hello [at] being peter kim dot com.

Some great reasons to call or email me:

• You think business needs to become more social and want help making it happen.
• You want to hire me or a colleague to deliver a keynote speech, participate on a panel, or facilitate a strategy session.
• You are part of the media and want to get thoughts for a piece you're working on.

Some great reasons NOT to call or email:

• You seek VC funding.
• You are a PR person I've never met.
• My name matches that of an unclaimed lottery windfall winner and you just need my bank account information to secure the transfer. 

I share my business thinking on this blog and on Twitter, in addition to:

Client work with:

• [Consumer Products] Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Coty, L'Oreal, Pepsi, USPS, VF
• [Financial Services] Alberta Treasury, Charles Schwab, Citizens Bank, Fidelity Investments, Harland, Legg Mason, NelNet, T Rowe Price, TIAA-CREF
• [Healthcare] J&J, Philips Healthcare, Trinity Health, Wellpoint
• [High Tech] Apple, Dell, Freescale Semiconductor, HP, IBM/Lotus, Microsoft, Sony, Verisign  
• [Manufacturing/B2B] BMW, Boeing, Raytheon, UPS
• [Marketing & Information Services]  Aspen Marketing, Brodeur, Dentsu, Harte-Hanks, Merkle, Omniture, Ryan Partnership, Sapient, SAS  
• [Media & Infocomm] Conde Nast, Cox, Google, Lexis-Nexis, McGraw-Hill, Scholastic, TNS
• [Retail] Best Buy, Eddie Bauer, Home Depot
• [Telecom]  Nokia, Rogers, Verizon    
• [Travel]  AAA, Intercontinental Hotels
• [Utilities] Alabama Gas, California ISO, Consolidated Edison

Public speaking appearances for:

• [Keynote/Track] AAAA, Assoc. Canadian Advertisers, ARF, AMA Mplanet, CTAM, Darden Executive Education, DMA, Forrester Marketing, Consumer, and Finance Forums in the US and Europe, Institute of Communications Agencies (Canada), Interactive Austin, Luxury Interactive Summit
• [Moderator] Argyle CMO Leadership Forum, Bazaarvoice Social Commerce Summit, MIT Enterprise Forum of New York, MITX, Web 2.0 Expo, WOMMA
• [Panelist] Ad Club of Boston, ARF, C200, SXSW

Quoted in the press including:

• [TV] CBS Evening News, CNBC, CNN 
• [Radio] NPR 
• [International Print] International Herald Tribune, IT News (Australia), Handelsblatt (Germany), Les Echos (France), Nikkei Sangyo Shinbun (Japan) 
• [National and Trade Print] Advertising Age, Adweek, Associated Press, Brandweek, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Fast Company, Fortune, Investor's Business Daily, New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal.  
• [US Regional Print] Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Miami Herald, Seattle PI.

Earlier:

I was an analyst at Forrester Research in Boston, focusing on the intersection of social technology and marketing strategy.  I won internal awards for Best Research and Top Keynote, publishing 36 research documents and highly rated for client speeches, advisory and workshops.

Before that, I ran international marketing operations at PUMA AG, managing the budget, contracts, and building an in-house agency. I was also head of global digital marketing, building online stores in the US and Europe, localizing websites for six continents, and formulating a master digital brand architecture.

Even earlier, I was part of the strategy network at Razorfish and a research analyst at Coopers & Lybrand focusing on the energy industry.

Education:
I earned an English degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Etcetera:
I hold one U.S. copyright, with thanks to both Flock of Seagulls and O.J. Simpson.

Disclaimer:
That being said - the contents of this blog are my personal opinions and not those of my current or former employers.