Peter Hirshberg

A Silicon Valley executive with several high profile marketing and branding related ventures, Peter Hirshberg has led emerging media and technology companies at the center of disruptive change for more than 20 years. Peter is Chairman of The Re:imagine Group, a fast growing consultancy helping brands with strategy and marketing in a world of empowered and connected audiences and customers. Peter is an innovation advisor to United Nations Global Pulse, an initiative of the Secretary General’s office to use emerging big data techniques to help vulnerable populations in real-time.

As Chairman of the Grey Area Foundation for the Arts Peter has led initiatives that explore the boundaries and implications of the city as a series of networks. These include San Fransciso's Summer of Smart 2011 with the SF Department of Technology and Code For America and the Singapore Urban Innovation Festival 2012.

Peter was founder and CEO of Elemental Software, served as president and CEO of Gloss.com and is  former Chairman of Technorati. He is a Senior Fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy and an advisor of the MIT SENSEable Cities Lab.

During a nine year tenure at Apple Computer, Hirshberg headed Enterprise Marketing. Peter Hirshberg earned his bachelor's degree at Dartmouth College and his MBA at Wharton.