Peter Sebilian

Peter brings over 25 years of strategic information technology advisory experience to AAFCPAs’ diverse business clients. He is highly experienced in advising customers on managing growth and scaling mission-critical technologies to meet existing and future needs, while maintaining optimal security. Peter partners with client team members, across organizational and functional boundaries, to bring solutions which drive revenue, agility, customer satisfaction, and optimal performance.

Peter has a comprehensive understanding of how all the pieces of infrastructure, development, data processing, security and regulatory compliance fit together. Whether it’s assessing current infrastructure and processes for improvement, or making a complete transition to cloud services, Peter provides solutions that reduce risks significantly for our clients and ease the technology burden.

The most common IT security, compliance, and operational performance issues tackled by Peter include:

• Development of technical roadmap strategy & vision
• Mentoring, inspiring, and leading local, virtual, and third party vendor-based teams
• Due diligence & integration of mergers, acquisitions, and business carve outs
• Budget rationalization and responsibility
• Contract & licensing negotiation and management
• Project / program development & management
• Software development, content management
• SAAS, cloud, and hybrid cloud-based services evaluation, selection & deployment
• Technical and operational business process development & performance
• Software package evaluation, selection, rollout, operation (ERP/MES/PLM/CRM)
• Security management systems and frameworks (ISO27001 / SOC2 / SOX)
• Physical/virtual infrastructure LAN/WAN/SAN server services
• Business continuity & disaster recovery
• KPI / metrics development and attainment
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) based process development, deployment, measurement
• Outsource / insource agreement negotiation & transition

Peter is a strategic, hands-on IT advisor, flexible to the needs of the client. He provides best practice recommendations appropriate to each unique situation and the associated resources. He has the right mix of technical knowledge and people skills, and the ability to reduce costs in IT while improving the skill level of personnel. Peter has a stellar reputation for completed IT projects on time, on budget, and with the utmost professionalism.

Prior Experience  

• Astrodyne TDI – Vice President, Information Technology
• UNICOM Engineering (formerly NEI) – Vice President, Information Technology
• CCR, LLP – Sr. Manager Audit Services
• Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals – Director, Information Technology
• Skyworks Solutions Inc. – Director, Infrastructure Services
• Mindspeed Technologies (formerly Conexant Systems, Maker Communications) – Director, Information Technology

Education

• Northeastern University – Bachelor of Science, Leadership

Publications

• AAFCPAs eBook: Best Practices for Reducing IT & Cyber Risks

Service

• American Red Cross – 5 Gallon Blood Donor