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Peter Van Dorn

Vice President of Business Development at Sensible

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Peter Van Dorn is the Commercial Lead at Sensible in San Francisco, California. With a background in FinTech and Start-up Ventures, he has excelled in roles such as Founder & CEO at PointsHound and Vice President Of Business Development at Switchfly, Inc. Peter's career highlights include founding PointsHound and leading business development at Sensible, showcasing expertise in FinTech and strategic partnerships.

Work Experience 

  • Vice President of Business Development

    2020 - Current

    Sensible is a weather intelligence platform that uses advances in climate data, technology, and analytics to bring greater predictability and confidence to how consumers experience the world around them. Sensible creates embedded financial products that help businesses and their customers mitigate the impact of weather on travel and outdoor experiences.

Sensible Weather is a climate risk technology company that is de-risking weather for travelers and travel partners.

Raised $12,656,000.00 from Industry Ventures, Infinity Ventures, American Express Ventures and EP Golf Ventures.

  • Principal

    2018 - 2020

    Work with travel & hospitality startups on go-to-market planning, growth strategy & corporate development Partial list of recent consulting projects: ∙ NexTravel: Sell-side advisor on 2020 acquisition by TravelPerk ∙ LoungeBuddy: Sell-side advisor on 2019 acquisition by American Express ∙ RedBeat Ventures: Partnered with 500 Startups on the 2019 launch of AirAsia's corporate venture capital program ∙ Revinate: Led loyalty product strategy culminating in publication of the 2018 Guide to Hotel Loyalty Current advisory roles include: ONDA, Outsite, SnapTravel, Wenrix, Bacarai, FLYR

  • Advisor

    2017 - 2019

  • Vice President & General Manager, Travel

    2014 - 2017

    Responsible for 'Points Travel' P&L including PointsHound + private label redemption channels such as Miles & More Hotels, Flying Blue Hotels, and ANA Global Hotels

  • Founder & CEO

    2012 - 2014

    Founded, grew, & sold a venture-backed online travel business to industry leader Points International (NASDAQ: PCOM)

PointsHound is an online travel agency providing individuals with frequent flyer miles and loyalty rewards for hotel bookings.

Raised $425,000.00 from Sunstone Management, Cal Simmons, Erik Blachford, Paul Nelson and Spencer Rascoff.

  • Vice President Of Business Development

    2006 - 2012

  • Online Marketing Consultant

    2004 - 2004

Wize Commerce operates as a digital marketing and online commerce technology.

  • Senior Marketing Associate

    2001 - 2004

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