Bio

Peter is Corporate Transactions and Deals Manager at Galderma where he works part of the Corporate Development team on Mergers and Acquisitions, Divestitures and Licensing across Galderma's Aesthetics, Consumer, and Perscription global business units. Peter lives with his wife Jennifer in New York City.

Personal Information
Phone:
+1 929.313.7329
Location:
New York City
Language:
English, French, Gaeilge
Professional Experience
Galderma

Jun 2021 to Present

Corporate Transactions and Deals Manager | New York, US

  • As Corporate Transactions & Deals Manager at Galderma, I drive the execution of M&A and licensing transactions across our three global business units - Aesthetics, Consumer Care and Prescription Medicine. Visit: https://www.galderma.com/glance
  • Galderma buys U.S. skincare firm Alastin ahead of potential Zurich IPO Link

Computation Hub SAS

Jul 2016 to Jun 2021

Founder & CEO | Paris, France

  • Founder & New Business Development.
  • Computation Hub provides Digital Transformation Services and software development for the Oil & Energy sector.
  • We specialize in the development of private web applications to eliminate data silos and analyze complex datasets to uncover hidden insights via Agile Development and Scrum Methodology.

Red Sky Intelligence LLC

Feb 2019 to Jun 2021

Founder & CEO | New York, US

  • Founder and M&A Consultant.
  • RSI provides agile M&A operations and strategic asset management for investment & management teams looking for new sources of value & synergies.

Wood Group

Jun 2013 to Jul 2016

Senior Engineer & Project Manager | Paris, France

  • Developed global energy infrastructure projects for Fortune Global 100 companies. Held several client facing roles at Wood Group, a multinational energy services company with annual revenues of $10bn.

  • Upstream E&P, EPCI projects - Led and executed 16 engagements with multi disciplined teams on shallow water and ultra deepwater developments in the North Sea, West of Africa, Gulf of Mexico and Western Australia.

Wood Group

Feb 2009 to Jun 2013

Project Engineer | Galway City, Ireland & Paris, France

  • Upstream E&P, EPCI projects - Led and executed over 15 engagements for ultra deepwater and shallow water developments offshore Brazil, West of Africa, the North Sea and Western Australia.

  • Developed strong data analysis, data visualization and numerical modeling skills with Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Excel VBA, Mathcad and industry standard finite element software. He was responsible for project reporting, quality assurance & control, lessons learned and client presentations.

Major Equipment International Ltd.

Apr 2007 to Aug 2007

Drawing Office Assistant | Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland

  • Designed and oversaw fabrication of improvements to manufacturing lines which increased production line efficiency.
  • Responsible for design and fabrication coordination of electric security gate and large storage unit for raw materials.

Major Equipment International Ltd.

May 2006 to Aug 2006

Drawing Office Assistant | Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland

  • Design of machinery components and assemblies for agricultural and industrial machinery.
  • Worked with Senior Designers and R&D team to optimize fabrication techniques and simply sub-assemblies for high-volume products which saved production time and costs.

Skills & Tools
Project Management
90%
Business Development
80%
Marketing
80%
Presentations
80%
Proposals
80%
Investment Memoranda
80%
Top-down Communication
75%
Due Diligence
100%
Data Analytics
80%
Excel
100%
Word
100%
PowerPoint
100%
Trello
100%
G Suite
100%
SharePoint
100%
OneDrive
100%
PitchBook
100%
Collaboration
100%
Communication
90%
Decison Making
90%
Time Management
100%
Problem Solving
100%
Critical & Analytical Thinking
100%
Commercial Acumen
75%
Work Ethic & Adaptability
100%
Cross Functional Team Leadership
100%
Publications & Speaking
Publication

June 2013

DCV Aegir Pipelay Installation Analyses and Capabilities

International Conference on Ocean, Offshore, and Arctic Engineering (OMAE)

OMAE2013-10262, V04AT04A026; 10 pages

This paper outlines the pipelay capabilities of DCV Aegir and details the J-lay (with quad joints) and reel-lay installation analyses performed to aid in the design of the vessel pipelay equipment.

Co-authored with Henk Smienk, Erwan Karjadi, Gabriel Vazquez and Patrick Dooley.

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Publication

Feb 2016

SAFE Mobile Application

Inspired Issue 1 - Technology and Innovation in Wood Group

In 2015, Wood Group Kenny developed an app to allow mobile device users access to Wood Group Kenny’s SAFE (Safety Awareness for Everyone) web-based safety observation system first introduced in 2011.

View publication

Speaking

2013

Client Confidential: BHOR Riser Base Spools Movement and Trenching Study

Annual Technical Conference, Houston, MCS/Wood Group

Speaking

2013

Subsea PLET Installation: Challenges in Deep Water Developments

Wood Group, Annual Technical Conference, Houston

Speaking

Leveraging Machine Learning for Offshore Equipment

ABB, Unified Offshore Equipment Standardization JIP, Paris

Speaking

Increasing Vessel Uptime Across Your Fleet

Young Person in the Spotlight, Society of Petroleum Engineers France

Speaking

Empowering Assets & Operations for the Oil & Energy Industry

Tech Meetups Paris

Speaking

Empowering Oil & Energy - Time-Series Analytics For Big, Fast Data

KX Meetups

Speaking

Impactful Data Insights & Decision-Making Solutions

Paris Machine Learning Group

Speaking

Impactful Data Insights & Enhanced Decision-Making Solutions

Society of Petroleum Engineers, Beyond The Borders, Paris

Speaking

Impactful Data Insights & Enhanced Decision-Making Solutions

Society of Petroleum Engineers, Beyond The Borders, Paris

Speaking

Feb 2016

Positive Impacts of Entrepreneurship & Startups in Oil & Gas

Society of Petroleum Engineers, Beyond The Borders, Paris

Certifications & Continuous Professional Development
Certifications

  • Acting Decisively | Project Management Institute | April 2021 to Present
  • Financial Analysis: Introduction to Business Performance Analysis | April 2021 to Present
  • Unconscious Bias | Project Management Institute | April 2021 to Present
  • Mergers & Acquisitions | Columbia Business School | June 2020 to Present
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM®) | ScrumAlliance | April 2020 to Present
  • Scrum Master | Mountain Goat Software | April 2020 to Present
  • MOOC Oil & Gas 3 | TOTAL & French Institute of Petroleum (IFP) | Nov 2017 to Present
  • Chartered Engineer | Engineers Ireland | May 2015 to Present
  • Managing Workload | Engineers Ireland | Feb 2015 to Present
  • Managing from within the Team | Engineers Ireland | Feb 2015 to Present
  • Leadership Skills | Engineers Ireland | Jan 2015 to Present
  • Project Management | Engineers Ireland | Nov 2014 to Present

Plus +300 hours of continuous professional development.

Education
Columbia Business School

Apr 2020 - Jun 2020

Mergers and Acquistions

Executive Education Certificate

Benchmark certificate in M&A issued by Columbia Business School Executive Education, member of the Ivy League.

National University of Ireland, Galway

Sep 2004 - May 2008

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)

Honors Degree

Honors Degree which included study of the following subjects.

Automated Systems, Polymer Technology, Engineer in Society, Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, Fluid Dynamics, Electrical Power & Machines, Communications, Mechanical Analysis & Design, Vibrations & Control, Design Office, Metals & Metal Processing.

Advanced Mechanical Analysis and Design, Finite Element Methods, Computer Control of Electro – Mechanical Systems, Energy Conversion, Polymers and Polymer Composites, Power Systems, Project Management, Engineering Calculus, Statistics.

Projects:

  • Design of an AC Powered Grass Cutting Machine for use on Undulating Grasslands. (Sponsored by Major Equipment International Limited)
  • Energy Conversion Project: Design of a steam power cycle to act as the bottoming cycle in a combined cycle power plant with a Rolls Royce Trent 60 industrial gas turbine as the topping cycle. Optimisation of the overall Thermal Efficiency was carried out as part of this team project.
  • Design of a Plastic Bottle Shredding Machine to Shred 10 bottles per minute
  • Feasibility report on a Hip replacement cup; Prototype Design for a Jar Opening Device.
  • Design & build of a solar powered water pump
  • Build of door lock with unique key

Contact Me
Get in touch

Address

New York City

Phone

+1 929.313.7329