Pete had over 40 years of experience within the environmental consulting industry as a data analyst, programmer and computer systems administrator, instrumentation developer, and field scientist. As a statistician and data analyst, he had been responsible for performing extensive univariate and multivariate statistical analyses of scientific data, including oceanographic, marine biological, chemical, and ecological studies. In this capacity, Pete developed statistical analysis programs, designed sampling programs, critiqued experimental results, and served as an in-house statistical consultant for other staff scientists. As a scientific applications programmer and instrumentation developer, he designed and implemented user interfaces for internal software systems use and sale to clients, created programs for data loggers, interfaced sensor with data loggers for automated water quality and stormwater sampling systems, and developed and augmented time series analysis software. Pete had extensive experience as a marine scientist performing physical oceanographic and biological studies where he was responsible for interfacing sensors, recorders, and computers using a variety of hardware protocols.