Author Biography

Gallagher, Peter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biographical Notes

Peter Gallagher is the President of Development InfoStructure (devIS) which he co-founded in 1992 to provide innovative, vendor-independent, solutions to information sharing challenges. Since 1998 devIS has invested heavily in standards-based open source e-government solutions for the public sector including major Federal clients such as the Department's of State and Labor, US Agency for International Development, and the General Services Administration. devIS services include the full range of design, development, and .GOV hosting with numerous Federal databases housed in a state-of-the-art secure hosting facility. Internationally devIS has worked in over 50 countries and specializes in solving real-world problems by mixing best-of-breed technologies, proprietary and open source, to achieve practical and efficient solutions. devIS gross revenue grew over 60% in 2002, exceeding $4 million, as a result of this innovative strategy for e-government. Prior to leading dev-IS Mr. Gallagher has worked for Catholic Relief Services, the USDA Food & Nutrition Service, private consulting firms, and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal. He has a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard John F. Kennedy School and undergraduate degrees in Economics and Philosophy from Boston College. Dev-IS "Open Standards, Open Source, Open Minds"