Semih Secer

Founder & CEO at Peerbie | Collaboration Reimagined with AI | Making Work Fun Again

San Francisco, California, United States

About

I am the CEO and Founder of Peerbie Inc., an AI-powered work hub that is transforming how organizations operate in today’s hybrid and remote world. At Peerbie, we’re building the ultimate productivity platform—combining project management, real-time communication, team organization, and intelligent automation into one seamless experience. Our goal is simple but ambitious: to eliminate tool fatigue, unify collaboration, and enable teams to focus on meaningful work, not managing scattered apps. Peerbie is used across industries and institutions—from fast-scaling startups and global SMBs to municipalities, universities, and NGOs. What sets us apart is our deep integration of artificial intelligence, which powers features like smart task delegation, auto-generated meeting summaries, digital twins for asynchronous communication, and predictive performance analytics. These innovations are not just features—they’re solving real problems for distributed teams and complex organizations by making work more human, measurable, and efficient. With over two decades of experience in technology leadership, AI development, OSS (Operational Support Systems), and mobile software, I’ve led high-impact initiatives from R&D through go-to-market. My passion for scalable innovation started at Purdue University, where I researched parallel computing and distributed load balancing. That technical foundation continues to inform my work—especially in building intelligent systems that can adapt and learn. Prior to Peerbie, I founded and scaled multiple startups, bringing award-winning products to market. I hold multiple patents in network management and have a proven track record in customer development, product strategy, and operational scale. I’m also a frequent guest speaker at universities, where I mentor young entrepreneurs and technologists on topics like AI, innovation strategy, and product execution. At Peerbie, our vision is bold: to build a future where work just works—where AI enhances our day, not distracts from it. We’re not just creating software; we’re shaping the infrastructure for how people connect, collaborate, and create value in the modern workplace.

Experience

  • CEO-Founder at PeerBie Inc.
    May 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 2 mos

    At Peerbie, I lead the development of an AI-powered all-in-one productivity platform that reimagines how teams collaborate in today’s hybrid and remote work environments. Our product unifies project management, communication, and intelligent automation to eliminate tool fatigue and drive real operational efficiency for startups, SMBs, and institutions. Key Highlights: Built Peerbie from the ground up — now serving 14,000+ users across 500+ companies, with $62K+ MRR Spearheaded the launch of AI Employees — autonomous agents that manage tasks, suggest actions, and increase team efficiency Delivered innovation in digital twin communication, auto-summarization, and predictive performance powered by AI Secured a strategic investment from Sputnik ATX VC, supporting expansion into high-potential verticals Successfully positioned Peerbie as a scalable solution for not only startups, but also municipalities, NGOs, universities, and enterprise teams Engaged in investor relations, GTM strategy, and product direction while fostering a vision for measurable, human-centered AI workspaces Peerbie is not just a SaaS product — it's a new operating system for modern work. I’m proud to lead a mission-driven team shaping the future of productivity, powered by intelligence and simplicity.

  • Founder - CTO - Board Member at dealsnapt
    Feb 2011 - Mar 2017 · 6 yrs 2 mos

    At dealsnapt, I am responsible for ideas generation, product development, customer development for a technology incubator. dealsnapt Inc. is a start-up from the Sacramento area that brings together over 40 years expertise in large scale, mission critical of software development and business management experience to apply to creating innovative software for consumers, leveraging social networks. Our Vision - Individual empowerment and benefit through mobile social networks. The first product from dealsnapt is a mobile advertising and consumer engagement application that allows shoppers to share, review and comment on local deals. The biggest benefit is for merchants/shop-owners who can now replace dated paper and email coupon programs with instant smartphone/WEB-based deals to the customer following and shopper in the area. Have led my team to build 3 products for Android, IOS and Web platforms. All products have 4.3+ ratings and have received great reviews in terms of features or quality. Have achieved most of the work through executing entire product life cycle while applying lean development principles.

  • VP Market Solutions at Objective Systems Integrators (OSI)
    2007 - Feb 2011 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Coming back to OSI we have developed a strategy for the company with new product initiatives. Working within a business team, I took the responsibility for execution for new product initiatives. Responsibilities included: 1) Write New Specifications for a Solution Platform 2) Aggressive hiring both in Folsom-CA as well as New Delhi-India 3) Platform Design with the Architect team 4) Customer Development as a parallel activity to product development 5) Execution of Proof Of Concepts that led to winning Vodafone Global NGSA as well as other customers 6) Specifications and Execution of Domain Solutions built on the platform for Wireless, Wirelines, IPTV, and others.

  • Agilent Technologies (6 yrs 1 mo)
    • Chief Solution Architect
      2005 - 2007 · 2 yrs

      Summary of Roles and Responsibilities: 1) Pre-Sales Support 2) Chief Solution Architect for VSNL-TCL Parallel CNMS Projects. 3) Technical lead for entire projects including partners, contractors 4) Solution Design, Customer Interviews, System Design, Project Management CNMS project involved complete turn-key network management solution which includes fault, performance, inventory, service management, security, accounting, configuration management systems.

    • Director Of Service Assurance -- Software Architect
      2001 - 2005 · 4 yrs

      Summary of Roles and Responsibilities: 1) Responsible as Director from Service Assurance Product line including Fault, Performance, Accounting 2) Worked on primarily Service Management, Customer Centric Service Management areas building specifications, trials, prototypes and products.

  • Systems Engineer-Software Architect at Objective Systems Integrators
    1997 - 2001 · 4 yrs

    Joined OSI as a systems engineer and I have started as a personal project and resulted in as a high-demand customer product. The product quickly evolved as a premium Service Assurance solution for IP networks. Took roles as a software engineer, product manager, team lead, architect and development manager.