Pete Searles

Background

About Pete Searles

Pete is an innovation and infrastructure strategist operating at the intersection of advanced data systems, human performance, and place-based economic development.As Chief Operating Officer of MDMi, Pete leads growth strategy, commercialization, and operational scaling for advanced data and modeling platforms serving materials, engineering, CPG, high tech, defense, and energy markets. His work focuses on helping organizations move from managing complex technical data to leveraging it as a strategic asset through scalable architecture, AI-enabled workflows, and disciplined execution.In parallel, Pete is a founding leader of Athletic Community Experience (ACE) and Total Performance Sports (TPS) — a mixed-use innovation and human performance development platform designed to integrate sports activation, research, commercialization, and community-based economic growth. The model converts daily activation into year-round economic density, talent attraction, and durable taxable value per acre.Across these efforts, Pete focuses on:• Structuring public-private capital stacks and infrastructure strategy• Designing scalable operating platforms and commercialization roadmaps• Building strategic partnerships across corporate, civic, and investor communities• Aligning technical innovation with executable growth strategyPrior to MDMi and ACE, Pete spent 20 years at Procter & Gamble, where he led global innovation, packaging science, consumer research, manufacturing technology, and sustainability initiatives. He built and led cross-functional teams from upstream R&D through commercialization and developed industry-wide strategic partnerships across supply chains and technical ecosystems.Pete is known for translating complex systems into structured, executable growth platforms — whether inside a Fortune 50 enterprise or a greenfield innovation district.He is a graduate of The Ohio State University.