Pete Erickson is a nationally recognized leader in the technology scene facilitating and speaking at events across the country. Pete currently oversees operations at Disruptathon and MoDevDC. Disruptathon identifies disruptive innovations and the people behind them through a series of live contest style events with stops this year in Vancouver, BC, San Diego, CA and Washington, DC. MoDevDC is one of the nations most successful regional mobile developer organizations with 1500 members and two meetups per month to accommodate the high demand. Pete also founded MoDevEast, a mobile developers and marketers conference and hackathon event taking place Dec 2-3, 2011 at Gannett Conference Center in Mclean, VA.

Pete is a regular guest on NPR and Fox5 News in DC and has been featured on CBS, ABC, The Washington Post, Read Write Web and many other technology publications. Follow pete on Twitter @peteerickson @disruptathon or email pete@disruptathon.com.