DuWayne J. Peterson, Jr.

DuWayne Peterson is President of DuWayne Peterson Associates, a consulting firm he established in 1991, specializing in the effective management of information technology.  He is also a founder and chairman of the Pasadena Angels, a group that invests in start-ups in information technology and life sciences. 

Mr. Peterson’s career spans some of the world’s largest business organizations as he played a central role in moving those organizations into the information age over the last forty years. In the 1960s, he began his career at Ford Motor Company in operations research and quickly transitioned into the fledgling information technology area.  He moved on to Citibank and RCA Corporation where he was responsible for the introduction and implementation of information technology into their management systems.  In the 1970s, Security Pacific Bank recruited him to become Executive Vice President of the ADP Group.  Over a ten-year period, he managed the transition of the Group to a more business-oriented technology organization that became known as Security Pacific Automation Company, becoming its chairman and CEO. In the 1980s, Merrill Lynch recruited Mr. Peterson to become Executive Vice President of Operations, Systems, and Telecommunications.  In this capacity, he led the modernization and streamlining of the firm’s global operation and information technology functions.

Mr. Peterson holds degrees from UCLA and MIT.  He is a past member of the MIT Corporation, its board of trustees, and was honored as Life Member of that organization. He is a past president of the MIT Alumni and Alumnae Association. A member of the Board of Trustees of Claremont Graduate University, Mr. Peterson serves as the founding chair of the board’s Information Technology Committee. He also chairs the CGU School of Information Science Board of Visitors and has worked energetically to increase professional visibility for the school, its faculty, and its graduates.