Peter Lazar is an innovative tech entrepreneur who has founded multiple startups over the past two decades. His latest invention is Scanlily, which is an app that uses artificial intelligence and QR codes to help businesses and households efficiently inventory and track their items.
Peter previously founded SafeDose, which is a system used by over 200 hospitals to prevent medication errors in children. Other prior companies include one which involved peer-to-peer streaming video, for which he obtained a patent. Outside of tech, Peter was the visionary behind Emerson Commons in Crozet, Virginia, a pedestrian-oriented ecovillage following the Danish concept of "cohousing". His company, Sheeflee, developed and constructed 19 out of the 26 homes.
Peter has a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Virginia and resides in Blacksburg, Virginia with his wife, Molly, who is Chief Marketing Officer for Scanlily. Their two grown daughters are in Palo Alto, California and Richmond, Virginia.
