Petersen is the General Manager and Vice President of GoldMine. His career spans working with sales and marketing systems and processes, having developed, managed, and sold for companies including McDonald's Corporation, General Electric, Symantec, and Allied Van Lines. He now has 19 years with a CRM background at GoldMine. He holds a JD from Loyola University of Chicago and was one of the first to be awarded the Professional Certified Marketer designation by the American Marketing Association.