With over 20 years of experience in the financial field, Peter Culpepper has worked with a wide range of companies in a number of industries around the world. His main focus has been on rapidly expanding start-up companies, but Mr. Culpepper has worked with both for-profit and non-profit organizations. Licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in Maryland and Tennessee, Peter Culpepper belongs to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The Financial Executives Networking Group, and Financial Executives International. Peter Culpepper attended The College of William & Mary where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 1982. He then went on to complete accounting training at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) before enrolling at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. He earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance in 1992. With this educational foundation, Peter Culpepper began his career in finance with a position as an Accounting Manager and Assistant Regional Controller at Paging Network, Inc. He advanced quickly through the ranks of the company, becoming National Accounts Division Controller and Director of Accounting in 1995. After leaving Paging Network, Inc. in 1998, Peter Culpepper joined Metromedia Affiliated Companies, where he served in a variety of capacities for Metromedia International Group and Metromedia Fiber Network in both the United States and Europe between 1998 and 2000. Mr. Culpepper has also worked at Neptec, Inc., and Felix Culpepper International, Inc., as well as accounting firms including Laventhol & Horwath and Ross, Langan & McKendree, L.L.P. Peter Culpepper has demonstrated his strengths as both a strategic leader and a finance executive, often restructuring and optimizing the internal controls of companies while working in concert with business plans, financial goals, and long-term outlooks. He has directed $250 million in corporate profit and loss reporting including international ventures and companies throughout Europe.