Bio

Peter said goodbye to the big agency world in 2005 to form Flatiron Communications LLC, a New York City-based PR and digital media consultancy with The New York Times as its first client. The firm advises emerging and established companies on how best to capitalize on the latest communications tools and strategies. Company website here: https://flatironcomm.com Clients have included MSN Money, Northwell Health, MealPal, AIG, AT&T, The New York Times, ASME, WPP, HSN, Inc., PopID, COTY Inc, Courier Newsroom, IndieGoGo, Chegg, Syncapse, World Business Forum, CloudMagic Inc., Amie Street, Marc Jacobs Fragrances, PaperG, Fracture, Umami TV, BrainPOP, InstallFree, Crisp Thinking, bMobilized, Personal Democracy Forum, Varkey Foundation, Unigo.com, InstallFree Nexus, The British International School of New York, and others. The firm's founder comfortably straddles the worlds of digital PR, journalism, and technology. He has spoken on stage for the last three years at Web Summit, the Collision Conference, and has written on the nexus of the three for Forbes.com, Medium, and a number of industry trades. He also founded and edits the Medium.com publication ''Adventures in Consumer Technology,'' which has 48,000 followers. For better or worse, he's actively engaged in the social graph mostly on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, but also Facebook, Pinterest, Quora and Snapchat on occasion. Peter serves as president of the Publicity Club of New York. He's a member of the executive advisory board for the Communications & Media Studies Program and chairs the Marketing Advisory Council for Tufts University from which he holds a BA in Political Science and French. He and his wife Barbara reside in New York City and are the parents to three exceptional sons. Follow him on Twitter: @PeterHimler