Meet Our Team

Peter Pezaris

Peter Pezaris is Vortex Software’s Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Vortex, Peter served as New Relic’s Chief Strategy and Design Officer, leading strategy for the company’s product and customer efforts. Prior to New Relic, Pezaris was the Founder & CEO of CodeStream, a service that helps development teams discuss, review, and understand code. Prior to CodeStream, Pezaris was Founder & CEO of Glip, a team collaboration platform acquired by RingCentral in 2015, and Multiply.com, a social commerce platform acquired by Naspers in 2010. He also founded Commissioner.com, one of the first online fantasy sports platforms, which was acquired by CBS in 1999.  

A seasoned entrepreneur and tech executive, Pezaris is a recognized expert in the collaboration and social networking space, pioneering several of today’s most commonly used features in real-time messaging.  Pezaris holds BS degrees in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.