Peter Himler

Himler is founding principal of Flatiron Communications LLC, New York City-based PR and digital media consultancy that helps emerging and established organizations capitalize on the latest communications tool and strategies including digital news, social media, and influencer and content marketing.

Prior to forming Flatiron in 2005 with its first client The New York Times Company, Himler played senior media leadership roles at Edelman, Burson-Marsteller, Cohn & Wolfe, and Hill and Knowlton. He started his career in the New York City entertainment PR firm Zarem Inc.

Flatiron's clients include digital start-ups, media companies, and large corporations to which the firm offers traditional PR, corporate communications counsel, crisis management, media training, and digital, content, and social media strategy and program execution.

In addition to running Flatiron, Himler has written for Forbes.com on the intersection of media, technology and marketing. He also founded and edits "Adventures in Consumer Technology," a popular Medium publication with 47,000 followers. He is solidly engaged in the social graph regularly positing on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Swarm, LinkedIn, WhatApp, and Snapchat on occasion.

Himler serves as president of the Publicity Club of New York, is active with the New York Tech Meetup, and sits on the executive board of the Communications and Media Studies Program at Tufts University from which he holds a B.A. in Political Science and French.

He and his wife Barbara reside in New York City and are parents to three exceptional sons.