Pete Cheslock

Pete Cheslock has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Pete currently serves as the Head of Growth and Community at AppMap since June 2022. Prior to this, they were the Principal of Unaffiliated, LLC., where they worked as an expert witness on AWS technologies for law firms involved in the AWS vs. Microsoft DoD JEDI contract dispute.

In addition, Pete has worked as an Advisor at Variance from January 2022 to January 2024. Pete also served as a Principal Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, assisting clients with challenges related to cloud spending and financial reporting from January 2022 to June 2022.

Before that, Pete worked as the Chief Product Officer at Allma, where they played a key role in the company's go-to-market strategy, fundraising efforts, and product analytics from April 2021 to December 2021. Pete was also a Cloud Economist at The Duckbill Group, helping clients optimize their AWS usage and negotiate enterprise contracts from April 2020 to March 2021.

Furthermore, Pete worked at CHAOSSEARCH as an Advisor and VP of Products, contributing to the company's go-to-market strategy and product direction from August 2018 to September 2019.

Prior to that, they held the position of VP of Technical Operations at Threat Stack, Inc from July 2014 to August 2018. Pete played a crucial role in the platform's architectural design decisions, built operational software, and led the technical operations team.

Pete's experience also includes being the Director of DevTools at Dyn, where they introduced Chef, System Automation, and Release Engineering to the engineering and operations teams from January 2013 to May 2014.

Lastly, Pete worked at Sonian as the Director of Technical and Cloud Operations, where they played a significant role from October 2009 to January 2013. Pete was involved in various aspects of the company, including pre-sales, support, and operations, and helped expand the Cloud Operations team and improve workflows.

Overall, Pete Cheslock has a strong background in product management, cloud economics, technical operations, and advising with expertise in AWS technologies.

Pete Cheslock earned a Masters in Business Administration from Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business in 2012 and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from Michigan State University in 2004.