Summary
Peter Lombardo is a seasoned IT leader with over 20 years of hands-on experience transforming legacy operations into lean, modern IT organizations that partner closely with engineering and DevOps to deliver SaaS. As Head of Information Technology at Infragistics, he leads global strategy, budgeting, infrastructure, and support while favoring pragmatic, cost-saving technology choices—saving the company more than $1M through open source adoption, VoIP, and smarter licensing. He has a proven track record of building distributed, empowered admin teams and introducing impactful systems like virtualization, CDN, and company-wide video conferencing. Early-career roles and consulting work underscore his depth in systems programming, network architecture, and automation—he even created the restartOS Linux distribution focused on reliability and rapid imaging. Based in the New York City area, he combines a hands-on, lead-by-example management style with a knack for turning technical improvements into measurable business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Rutgers University