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2013: Appointment as head of Polycom
In December 2013, Peter Liv was appointed CEO and President of Polycom, a company specializing in the development and sales of video conferencing systems. He also joined the board of directors of Polycom.
Under Liv's leadership, Polycom successfully switched to the cloud business and strengthened its partnership with Microsoft. In addition, with his direct participation, the company was sold to private investors (in 2016), which, according to Forbes observers, was the right step in difficult market conditions.
2016: Appointment as Head of BMC Software
In September 2016, Peter Liv left the post of head of Polycom immediately after the sale of the company to private equity group Siris Capital was announced. Then Polycom was headed by Siris Capital managing partner Mary McDowell.
On December 12, 2016, Peter Leave's appointment as CEO and president of enterprise software company BMC Software was officially announced.
Bob Beauchamp, who led BMC for 16 years, resigned but remained chairman of the company. He called 46-year-old Liv "recognized as a leader in the IT industry with rich experience" and expressed confidence that BMC customers, partners and employees would benefit from the appointment of a new CEO.
 | I am very happy to lead this company. We will continue to grow, develop innovation and success in working with our customers, partners and employees in the following years, "Liv said and named BMC the most successful company in 35 years. |  |
According to Peter Leeve, he will spend the first 100 days since starting work at BMC on a thorough understanding of products, employee work and customer requirements.[1]
2020: Appointment as CEO of McAfee
In mid-January 2020, McAfee announced the appointment of Peter Liev as CEO instead of Chris Young.
The latter moved to a senior advisory position at investment firm TPG Capital, which acquired a majority stake in McAfee from Intel in 2016.
Chris Young will work at TPG on investments in new technology. According to an agency source familiar with TPG's plans, the company will have to decide on the timing or procedure for its withdrawal from McAfee.
| | Peter has the right mix of experience and knowledge to lead McAfee in the new phase of the company's growth. Liv's many years of experience in successfully scaling enterprise technology, along with his extensive experience in innovation, will help advance McAfee's mission to build a safer cyberspace, said Jon Winkelried, one of TPG's CEOs and McAfee chairman. | |
According to Reuters, Peter Liv may accelerate the implementation of the plan to put McAfee on the stock exchange or conclude a major merger and acquisition deal. McAfee and NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec) are expected to merge into one company.
According to The Wall Street Journal, McAfee plans to add NortonLifeLock to its consumer division. It is not yet clear under what conditions the transaction can be concluded: whether McAfee will act as a buyer or the company will combine assets. The vendors themselves have so far refrained from commenting.
The IPO agency Bloomberg , citing its informants, announced what McAfee is going to do in the fall of 2019. According to sources, the company was counting on a market capitalization of at least $8 billion.[2]
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