Peter A. Altabef is president and CEO of Unisys Corporation, effective January 1, 2015. Peter served as president and CEO of MICROS Systems, Inc. from January 2013 until its September 2014 acquisition by Oracle. He served as president and CEO of Perot Systems Corporation from 2004 until its 2009 acquisition by Dell Inc., and following that transaction served as president of Dell Services, the information technology services and business process solutions unit of Dell.
Peter is a member of the boards of directors of Unisys, NiSource Inc. and EastWest Institute, a member of the board of advisors of Merit Energy Company, LLC., and a member of the advisory board of Petrus Trust Company, LTA. He is also a member of the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC).
Peter has served as senior advisor to 2M Companies, Inc. and as a director of MICROS Systems, Inc., Perot Systems Corporation and Belo Corp.
His professional activities have included membership on The Bretton Woods Committee, the Americas International Advisory Council of the International Business Leaders Forum, and the advisory board of the Institute for Law and Technology of the Center for American and International Law.
His community service activities have included membership on the board of governors of the Dallas Symphony Association, the associates' board of Children's Medical Center Dallas, the board of advisors of Dallas Children's Theater, the Technology Committee of the Highland Park Independent School Board, the advisory board of the Dallas Museum of Natural History and as co-chairman of the American Heart Association Heart Walk Dallas.
Peter received a J.D. degree from The University of Chicago Law School, and a B.A. degree in economics from Binghamton University, SUNY.