Summary
Peter Lawson is a pragmatic, interdisciplinary technologist with eight years of experience blending customer-focused operations, marketing insight, and hands-on software development. He has built and led products like the nightlife discovery web app Is It Lit while also running small businesses and managing day-to-day operations in hospitality and manufacturing environments. Trained in philosophy and mathematics with a fintech certificate from Vanderbilt, he excels at connecting human-centered insights to data-driven technical solutions. Peter moves comfortably between carpentry, field installation, and Python development, bringing a maker’s precision to software problems. His background in operations management and customer service informs a practical approach to product design and analytics. He’s seeking technical roles where software can solve real-world business challenges and deliver measurable social impact.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
B.A., Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Studies, Mathematics, B.A., Philosophy, Interdisciplinary Studies, Mathematics at Appalachian State University
Certificate, Fintech, A+, Certificate, Fintech, A+ at Vanderbilt University
Spanish