Summary
Peter Walter is a founder and technology consultant with three decades of software engineering and leadership experience, now running ExpandOnline to provide calm, plain-English IT support for small businesses and home users around Royston. He combines hands-on technical skills—email, domain and security configuration, backups, and platform health checks—with senior engineering judgment honed as Head of Software Engineering and as a technical lead at EMBL‑EBI. Known for prioritising long-term, practical solutions over reactive firefighting or upselling, he works directly with clients to keep systems reliable and straightforward. His background spans building resilient web services, automated CI/CD pipelines and production test systems, giving him both product- and operations-facing expertise. Locally engaged beyond IT, he volunteers as a sound designer and repair technician, reflecting a practical, community-oriented approach to problem solving.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering, BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering at City St George’s, University of London