Prior to joining JMP, Peter served as a Managing Director at Shattuck Hammond Partners specializing in all areas of the healthcare industry, including pharmaceuticals, distribution, biotechnology, medical technology and information technology. Peter previously spent four years as a Senior Managing Director at Montgomery Securities, now Banc of America Securities, where he was a member of the healthcare investment banking group. For the first ten years of his investment banking career, Peter held positions at JP Morgan and Lehman Brothers. Additionally, Peter was co-founder, President and COO of CornerHardware.com and is the author of a book on mergers and acquisitions.

Peter holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and a BS from Washington & Lee University.