About Peter

Independent software consultant and full-stack technology leader. Engineer by training, company founder by accident, teacher by choice.

The short version

  1. Now

    Author, teacher, consultant

    Twenty Pluralsight courses, official Microsoft documentation for ASP.NET Core, and independent consulting on full-stack JavaScript and React.

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  2. 2007

    First of twelve Microsoft MVP awards

    Recognized every year through 2018 for sharing technical knowledge with the community.

    mvp.microsoft.com
  3. 2006

    Started Silicon Valley Code Camp

    A weekend of free sessions for developers. It grew to thousands of attendees, most recently hosted at PayPal HQ in 2019.

    siliconvalley-codecamp.com
  4. 2000

    Sold 73rd Street Associates

    A large insurance company purchased the company’s assets.

    73rdstreet.com
  5. 1985

    Founded 73rd Street Associates

    Founder, president, CTO and developer. Clinic scheduling, insurance company management and a turnkey physician office system for 500+ customers nationwide.

    73rdstreet.com
  6. Cornell

    Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

    Bachelors and Masters degrees from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

    mae.cornell.edu
500+ customers served by 73rd Street Associates 73rdstreet.com 20 Pluralsight courses, close to a million subscribers on the platform pluralsight.com 2006 first Silicon Valley Code Camp siliconvalley-codecamp.com 606 posts on this blog since 2005 Read the archive

What 73rd Street built

  • University clinic scheduling and a turnkey physician office management system.
  • Electronic billing that aggregated insurance claims, sent them securely to a central location and routed them to the right carriers.
  • A two-year project replacing the online processing of a Florida insurance company with $200 million in annual revenue: a three-tier system running every business process, from adjudicating claims and billing groups to paying commission-based brokers. Delivered and signed off on schedule.
73rdstreet.com

Credentials

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Pluralsight author

Authored 20 courses on React, JavaScript and modern web development.

pluralsight.com
MS

Microsoft documentation author

Wrote hundreds of pages of official documentation for ASP.NET Core and Chromium-based extensions.

github.com Example: Cache Tag Helper
MVP

Microsoft MVP, 2007–2018

Recognized by the Microsoft MVP program for twelve years of sharing technical knowledge.

mvp.microsoft.com
2006

Conference founder

Founded Silicon Valley Code Camp, drawing thousands of developers each year with sponsors like Google, Microsoft, IBM and PayPal.

siliconvalley-codecamp.com
1985

Software company founder

Founded 73rd Street Associates: clinic scheduling, insurance management and medical claims software for 500+ customers. Sold in 2000.

73rdstreet.com
BS·MS

Cornell University

Bachelors and Masters in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ithaca, New York.

mae.cornell.edu

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