Principal · Asset Operator · Infrastructure, Security, Communications, and Automation
Pete Peterson leads Peterson & Associates, Inc., building and operating secure, durable technology systems for organizations that need reliability, control, and continuity.
He has operated Peterson & Associates since February 2017, with technical work that reaches further back into Linux hosting, web systems, healthcare IT, security-focused consulting, and production operations. His background includes Linux administration dating back to 2004, consulting work through Alaska BITS from 2011 to 2015, healthcare IT support at Mat-Su Midwifery from 2012 to 2014, and a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Western Governors University, completed in 2019.
Infrastructure: Linux hosting, Proxmox virtualization, OPNsense, WireGuard, monitoring, backups, and recovery-oriented operations
Applications: WordPress, PHP/Laravel, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Nextcloud, Mautic, Dolibarr, Matomo, and related self-hosted business systems
Operations: Secure email, phone, and messaging, remote management, security monitoring, incident response, and automation workflows
Alaska, United States · Peterson & Associates, Inc. · peterson.io
Pete does not approach systems as one-off projects or disposable builds. Through Peterson & Associates, he applies a repeatable operating model: identify what is worth owning, build or acquire with clear boundaries, secure to a real control baseline, operate with discipline, and turn each lesson into reusable standards, tooling, and playbooks.
The work is designed to be operated, recovered, and improved — not admired and abandoned.
Hosting environments, Linux systems, deployment, monitoring, backups, restore readiness, and operational continuity.
Firewalling, access control, patch discipline, incident response, risk reduction, observability, and practical control baselines.
Websites, PHP-based applications, database-backed systems, analytics, self-hosted business platforms, and business tooling designed to remain maintainable after launch.
Secure email, phone, and messaging systems, remote management, automation workflows, and reusable operating tools that reduce manual overhead.
Selected credentials and operating background:
Pete treats reliability as part of the product and operations as a differentiator.
In practice, that means systems that are observable, recoverable, supportable, well-bounded, documented, and automatable. It means monitoring tied to action, tested backups instead of backup theater, disciplined access control, patch cadence, incident readiness, and automation that removes recurring toil instead of hiding bad process behind more moving parts.
He prefers open standards and maintainable architectures over lock-in, novelty, and needless complexity.
Pete holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Western Governors University. His background also includes certification in SSCP, Security+, Linux+, LPIC-1, Cloud Essentials, and EC-Council incident handling, reflecting a blend of security, Linux, infrastructure, and operational disciplines rather than a single narrow specialty.
Peterson & Associates is a strong fit for organizations that need accountable ownership, durable systems, and disciplined technical execution.
The work fits best where:
This is not a novelty shop. The focus is durable technology assets, disciplined execution, and steady improvement quarter after quarter.
Peterson & Associates works with organizations, founders, operators, and partners that need durable systems, clear ownership, and disciplined execution. For partnership inquiries, operator-led infrastructure work, or strategic conversations, use the contact form or email hello@peterson.associates.