Peter Elger
CEO at fourTheorem
Ireland
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Top SchoolPeter Elger is a seasoned technology executive and founder with 15 years of leadership experience and a background in physics research, currently serving as CEO of fourTheorem. He has repeatedly built and scaled engineering organizations—from CTO and co-founder roles at nearForm and BetaPond to senior technical leadership across telecoms and research labs—bringing deep systems and architecture expertise. His early career in nuclear fusion data acquisition and real-time systems informs a pragmatic approach to complex, high-performance infrastructure and bespoke protocol design. Comfortable coding across languages and stacks, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic product and process leadership to deliver resilient distributed systems. Based in Ireland, he is equally at home translating research-driven insight into commercial software and leading teams through rapid growth and technical transformation. An unspoken strength is his ability to bridge academic rigor and startup velocity, turning experimental prototypes into production-grade services.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Msc, Computer Science, Msc, Computer Science at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddBsc, Physics, Bsc, Physics at University of BirminghamWantage School
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Github Skills (85)
seneca10
node-kafka10
runner10
logentries10
golang9
shell9
cookbook9
serverless-plugin8
serverless-applications8
javascript8
microservices8
deep-learning8
docker-logs8
docker8
breeze8
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
nodezoo/nodezoo-workshop
Nov 2014 - Dec 2015
Contributions:83 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 1 year 1 month
workshopmicroservicemicroservicesseneca
mcollina/sudc-system
Oct 2014 - Nov 2014
Contributions:31 commits in 17 days
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