Summary
Peter Lunk is a growth-focused GTM executive and marketing leader with nearly three decades of experience scaling B2B and cybersecurity businesses from startups to public enterprises. Currently Managing Director for AppFactor US and a Stage 2 Capital limited partner, he has repeatedly built high-performance go-to-market teams and launched product-led demand programs across cloud, security, and fraud prevention domains. His background blends hands-on product positioning, field marketing, AR/PR and partner strategy with board-level coaching for early-stage founders. Notably, he has steered marketing during M&A and roll-up scenarios (e.g., HyperGrid merged into CloudSphere) and led global brand work at scale for companies like Juniper and Menlo Security. Based in Los Altos, he pairs an engineering education from UC Berkeley and Santa Clara University with a pragmatic obsession for continuous learning and nerd-culture energy.
9 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BS EECS Electrical Engineering, BS EECS Electrical Engineering at University of California, Berkeley
MSEE Telecommunications, MSEE Telecommunications at Santa Clara University