Peter Pilgrim
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Software Engineer / Independent Contractor |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Peter Pilgrim's high-tech career began at the age of 12. Peter graduated from London South Bank University then went into IT industry. Peter was the founder and organiser of the Java Web Users Group (JAVAWUG). In 2007, he was nominated by his fellow peers on the Sun/Oracle Java Champions program. Peter is a Sun Certified Java Architect for the Java EE 5 platform. He has been writing Java programs since 1997. As well as core and enterprise Java, Peter gained valuable experience in alternative JVM languages such as JavaFX, Groovy and Scala. He delivered presentations on JavaFX for the Erlang Exchange, CommunityOne and JavaOne in San Francisco; and the ACCU Oxford Conference. In 2010, Peter took part in Martin Odersky's Scala training course. A few years ago Peter wrote the regular World View Series for the ACCU Magazine, CVu UK. Peter has worked extensively in financial services, investment banking IT in the City of London and Docklands. He has been involved with Deutsche Bank, UBS, Lloyds Banking Group, and Credit Suisse to name but a few. |