Helping Now is led by Pete Fuller, and the standards he has established throughout his career form the operating culture of Helping Now. Across decades of recommendations from colleagues, managers, clients, engineers, architects, executives, and business partners, several themes appear repeatedly.
Helping Now approaches technology with deep technical knowledge combined with practical business judgment. The work begins by understanding the actual business problem, its requirements, its data, its constraints, and the people who depend on the result. Technology is then applied deliberately to create a solution that delivers measurable value.
The recommendations repeatedly describe an approach to difficult problems that is hands-on, analytical, persistent, and creative. Complex problems are investigated from multiple angles. Root causes are pursued rather than symptoms. Technical limitations are identified early. Existing systems are optimized when appropriate, and new solutions are designed with future requirements, scalability, reliability, maintainability, performance, security, and data integrity in mind.
Another consistent theme is ownership. Work is not considered complete merely because something was designed or coded. Requirements are understood, solutions are implemented, results are validated, issues are resolved, decisions are documented, stakeholders are kept informed, and the work is carried through delivery.
Helping Now also operates with a strong culture of teaching and knowledge sharing. Experience is not treated as something to protect. It is something to share. Technical concepts are explained, colleagues are mentored, questions are welcomed, and teams are helped to understand not only what should be done, but why.
The references consistently connect technical ability with collaboration and communication. Helping Now is comfortable working between business and technical groups, translating complicated technical subjects into understandable terms, gathering requirements directly from stakeholders, and bringing different groups together around a workable solution.
Quality is another recurring standard. Attention to detail, thoroughness, testing, data accuracy, optimization, documentation, responsiveness, and reliable delivery appear throughout the recommendations. The expectation is not simply to make something work, but to make it work well.
Finally, the recommendations repeatedly describe integrity, trustworthiness, professionalism, persistence, generosity, and a willingness to help. Those qualities are fundamental to Helping Now. Technical expertise matters, but the manner in which the work is performed matters as well.
The result is a straightforward operating philosophy: understand the business, investigate thoroughly, solve the real problem, communicate clearly, share what we know, anticipate what comes next, own the outcome, and deliver quality.
The following recommendations were originally written about Helping Now President Pete Fuller. Recommender names have been removed while retaining professional background, date, working relationship, and recommendation content.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · November 2, 2025 · Worked with Pete on the same team
Pete Fuller brings exceptional knowledge and experience to designing, documenting, and developing information systems. It's been a pleasure working with Pete as he provides great recommendations and problem solving from different angles.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · February 19, 2025 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I am honored to write this recommendation for Pete, a leader whose guidance and vision have been truly inspiring. Working under his leadership has been a transformative experience, as he constantly Leads by example, demonstrating excellence, integrity, and unwavering commitment to success.
I have learned and uncovered data layers With him, mostly in the AZURE Platform did much reverse engineering to get route cause and find meaningful insight and accuracy in terms of achieving better results day by day.
His deep understanding of Azure technology ranging from Data Factory and Synapse to Data Bricks and Power BI has been instrumental in optimizing our data processes and delivering high-impact solutions.
very much looking forward to working with Pete again!!!
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · January 31, 2025 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I've been fortunate to work with closely with Peter to develop optimizations to our workflows using AWS Glue and RDS. Peter is seemingly inexhaustible in his willingness to teach and share his extensive experience, which has been fantastic for me as I learn more about database administration and optimization.
He is always seeking to not only solve the problem at hand, but also to anticipate how we can account for future needs, striving to ensure that our solutions use best practices, and are robust and scalable.
Since our work often involves rapidly evolving requests, I have particularly appreciated Peter's timely and clear communications, which have helped us navigate the needs of those that depend on our work.
I also have to say Peter is a pleasure to work with - whether you reach out to ask a quick question, or you're racing to deliver when pressure is high and deadlines are looming, he's always enthusiastic to do whatever he can to help.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · January 23, 2025 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I had the privilege of working closely with Peter, where he excelled as both a database administrator and developer. His expertise in data modeling, database optimization, and data security and integrity design was remarkable. He also played a key role in implementing maintenance automation, ensuring our systems were both efficient and resilient.
Together with the team, Peter was instrumental in delivering amazing optimization results, significantly enhancing the performance and reliability of our systems. His collaborative approach, innovative problem-solving, and dedication to excellence were critical in achieving our shared goals.
Beyond his technical capabilities, Peter’s leadership and teamwork made him a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend him for any role where his deep expertise and forward-thinking approach can make an impact. He would be an invaluable asset to any organization.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · January 20, 2025 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I am pleased to recommend Pete Fuller for any database development/ data engineering related opportunities.As a skilled and dedicated professional, Pete has consistently demonstrated exceptional expertise in designing, implementing , managing databases and data engineering concepts.
Pete possess a deep understanding of SQL,database design principles including normalization, indexing and schema optimaztion. His ability to craft and optimize complex queries ensures that systems operate at peak performance.Also, Pete mastered data engineering programming languages like Python and pyspark. His ability to efficiently optimize big data pipelines is remarkable.
It was great working with Pete on my last project where his ability to communicate technical concepts clearly between team members ensured smooth progress and successful completion.
I am confident that Pete will be a valuable asset to any team, contributing technical proficiency and keen focus to delivering high-quality solutions.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · January 19, 2025 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I had the pleasure of collaborating with Peter on a technical project at the FDA. His exceptional performance was evident in every aspect of his work. Peter demonstrated profound technical subject matter expertise, coupled with a positive attitude and team spirit that inspired and uplifted everyone around him.
His ability to tackle highly complex problems, simplify them for broader understanding, and deliver outstanding solutions was truly impressive. He was an absolute pleasure to work with, and everyone around him felt the same way. Peter is top notch in the data-world, I highly recommend him.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · August 28, 2024 · Worked with Pete on the same team
Great working with you Pete. Learned a lot of MSBI things from you while at Cummins.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · July 2, 2024 · Worked with Pete while at different companies
Pete Fuller is a person dedicated to his work and knowledgeable about various tools and technological trends such as: Azure Synapse, Python, Microsoft Fabric, PowerBI among others. He’s very dedicated to recommended tasks, very collaborative and a great colleague. I strongly recommend Pete Fuller.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · April 28, 2023 · Worked with Pete on the same team
Peter and I worked together on several projects, As a coworker he consistently gave 100 percent effort to the team and played a significant role in ensuring that we completed assignments on time.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · February 17, 2023 · Managed Pete directly
I had the pleasure of working with Pete from late 2021 into early 2023. Pete is a positive, high-energy, and hardworking individual. He has extensive experience in both database and data warehousing concepts and architectures. Pete openly shares knowledge to help others make the best decision possible. I greatly appreciate the dedication and commitment Pete had toward ensuring a successful project delivery.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · June 18, 2022 · Managed Pete directly
From the time we brought Pete aboard our Data Team at Timepayment it was clear he was going to attack our greatest immediate challenges head-on, namely, profiling our data as it pertained to our business domain and translating that into reporting solutions.
In short order he demonstrated an ability to ramp up quickly by acclimating to our technology ecosystem as well as chasing down business requirements. His interactions with stakeholders were refreshingly proactive, i.e., from a business perspective, Pete "gets it" and works with a purpose to understand the business and deliver value.
At the data solutions level, Pete fully invests himself into understanding data relationships and relevance in the form of ERD's, SQL queries and stored procedures. Also, his outspoken advocacy regarding the need for bona fide and adequate sample data was a prime example of his ability to identify and address the obstacles in our path to data integrity for the NextGen project.
Overall, Pete embodies the "happy warrior" - someone with a winsome attitude, always willing to help and take on the hard tasks - who moreover brings great skill and experience to the data profession. It was a pleasure having him on our team.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · August 3, 2021 · Worked with Pete on the same team
We’ve worked together on several projects and Pete is one of the best people to have as a partner. I highly recommend his data engineering skills, as he is an expert and very professional in the field having 20+ years of experience.
You could count on Pete when you need help and he is always on the lookout for solutions that could help our organization. His ability to design advanced DataBases helped us during hard times at the beginning and we were able to grow.
I have to say that he is meticulous and brings about the best solutions which is more than important in the Data field. It is a pleasure to work with Pete and I highly recommend him as a colleague to have!
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · October 16, 2020 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I have had the pleasure to work with Pete a little over a year at Lids. His energy is contagious. Pete is always willing to go the extra mile to get the job done. His ability to troubleshoot an issue is second to none. I thoroughly enjoyed every project we worked on together.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · December 27, 2019 · Worked with Pete on the same team
Pete developed SQL server stored procedures, tables and views, complex scripts filled with business logic using TSQL and Python goodness. He performed SQL server optimization, including indexes, setup the query store, created query metrics, helped to fix deadlocks, and much more.
Pete used Amazon Web Services EC2 instances, RDS instances, created Lambda functions, used SSM Parameter Store, setup VPCs, and documented our environment.
Pete developed NodeJS REST services that executed database queries, and performed complex business logic for some major software features.
Pete documented every meeting, and setup groups and folders on Sharepoint to store all of these. He create performance metrics documents for management consumption.
Pete used Azure Dev Ops for features, stories, and bugs. The ADO environment was setup for GIT where all the code was checked into Repos. The SQL server branches were taken to the next level once Pete got ahold of them.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · April 17, 2019 · Pete was the recommender’s client
Over the last 8+ months, Pete worked diligently with my team on the new data architecture to provide more accurate company performance measurement. We enjoyed Pete’s time with us and appreciated his expertise helping us rollout this new model.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · March 25, 2019 · Senior to Pete but did not manage Pete directly
Pete was a valued member of our team and did some terrific work on behalf of our clients. He's well versed in Salesforce Marketing Cloud and knows all the technical complexities that go along with this platform. He's hard working, listens well and interfaces with clients very well. If you're looking for someone to assist with your email campaign efforts, I'd seriously consider Peter as he does terrific work.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · August 15, 2018 · Worked with Pete on different teams
I worked with Pete on a few Ecommerce data feed projects during his time here at LIDS. He was always very organized, thorough and responsive. He completed his work on time with minimal if any defects.
He's not only talented but also a great guy...plus he has good taste in the sports teams he follows :) I would recommend him to anyone looking for an experienced IT Professional. You will not be disappointed.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · July 31, 2018 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I worked with Pete on many projects while at Lids and enjoyed every moment. His generous and hard working attitude is rivaled by none. He worked many late nights to get projects implemented.
Pete has a great rapport with business users and has the ability to bring both the business and technical groups together. I view Pete as a mentor to me as he was my go-to person for any Microsoft feature/question.
After working with Pete for a couple years, I consider him a good friend who always has my best interest in mind.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · July 27, 2018 · Managed Pete directly
Pete was an integral part of the Lids development team for a major project. His role was a Senior Developer for data integrations between a legacy system and a third-party SAAS application.
He brought a wealth of knowledge, a willingness to work hard for the team goal, and an excellent attitude that helped the team reach their goal of delivering the project. He understands what taking ownership means by seeing things through, and making sure that quality is delivered.
Along with Pete’s work on the major project, he also worked on a number of other smaller projects, and saw those to completion too.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · July 15, 2018 · Worked with Pete on the same team
Pete's attention to detail, crazy drive to get things done, and willingness to dig in and solve problems, all while maintaining a great attitude, has made working with him a truly enjoyable experience.
It was a struggle at times to keep up with the amount of work he could get done, but he was also able to slow things down at times and really help the organization think through the technical issues presented and propose robust solutions.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · March 23, 2017 · Pete was the recommender’s client
I worked with Pete on many different projects from the simple to very complex. Pete was always professional, personable, and knowledgeable. Pete is a very experienced and capable solutions architect and developer.
I regularly relied on Pete for a broad range of work from scoping and discovery, to being the 'hands on the keyboard' implementing complex marketing automations.
During all projects Pete always impressed me with his ability to think of creative solutions to work around constraints, while also highlighting true technical limitations before work began. Pete used this unique ability to contribute to successful launches and happy customers.
Beyond his technical skills Pete was always a pleasure to work with. Pete is always friendly, professional and courteous. Every interaction I had with Pete left me admiring his can-do attitude and tenacity when faced with any kind of issue.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · September 10, 2015 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I have had the good fortune to work with Pete in Cummins Inc. He is a senior Consultant in Microsoft BI tools and consistent top producer who always goes the extra mile in doing whatever it takes to deliver results... Pete is highly resourceful, intensely focused, has very strong knowledge of MSBI Reporting tools and delivery, and is someone that you want in your team.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · August 3, 2015 · Pete was the recommender’s client
Pete was very helpful for Cummins as he was on the ground and in the trenches helping our business groups understand and implement our new Azure infrastructure in regards to our Self-Service BI program. He built good trusted relationships with our key business stakeholders, communicated issues and concerns, and helped build and consume Agile solutions on our platform.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · January 28, 2013 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I worked with Pete at Simon. I found Pete to be a great member of our development team. Pete was always willing to put in the extra effort to get any job done.
When it came to knowledge sharing or collaboration Pete was always open and helpful. He had no problem with rolling up his sleeves and diving into resolving issues that inevitably come up during the software development process.
Pete was always expanding his skills and bringing in new techniques and technologies whenever applicable. I was often amazed at Pete's ability to find solutions to obscure problems.
Pete's energy and spirit were contributing factors that helped carry us through crunch periods. I enjoyed working with Pete and believe him to be a great asset to any development team.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · April 18, 2012 · Worked with Pete on the same team
Throughout my time at Simon Property Group, I worked very closely with Pete. He was an absolute pleasure to work with. Pete has a very fun approach to getting work done. Just having Pete around makes others enjoy their work more.
However, when it is time to get the job done, Pete will do what it takes to get it done with a high level of quality. I highly endorse Pete Fuller.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · May 4, 2011 · Worked with Pete on the same team
Pete is very helpful and works great individually and as part of a team. He is not afraid to bring new ideas to the table and burn the midnight oil.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · April 11, 2010 · Worked with Pete on the same team
Pete is a sincerely nice guy who happens to be an excellent software engineer. Pete works on very large mission critical databases at ExactTarget, and I respect his business and technical judgment immensely.
Pete is excellent to work with on tactical implementation issues as well as exploring strategic opportunities.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · August 1, 2009 · Worked with Pete on the same team
Pete is extremely friendly, works well with a team, is exceptionally detail focused, and is passionate about his craft.
Pete's a highly skilled individual, with strong understanding and appreciation for the needs of enterprise-level reporting and business intelligence. His experiences and background makes him an excellent candidate for any tier of development.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · July 17, 2009 · Worked with Pete on the same team
I worked with Pete on the Database team at Pelco, where we were developing an enterprise-grade security system. Pete was our Reporting guru and implemented a reporting solution based upon SQL Reporting Services.
I always found him to be insightful and knowledgeable about a wide array of technologies, with a special emphasis on Business Intelligence and reporting.
He's a great team player, very detail oriented and thorough, and extremely friendly - all in all, exactly the kind of person that I like to have on my team whenever possible. I hope to have more chances to work with him in the future.
1st-degree LinkedIn connection · July 6, 2009 · Pete was the recommender’s client
Pete is a very talented and knowedged IT professional. We hired Pete to do some development work and database management work, and Pete demonstrated a very strong knowledge in the areas of database development and management, and application development.
Pete is also a very trustworthy person and has a very high level of integrity.