# Peter Haendler

> Peter Haendler is a Houston-based product and operations leader whose public career runs from technical support and software product management to public-sector operations and, recently, cloud-file resilience at Panzura. His published work focuses on the unglamorous but consequential questions of recovery time, data control and how distributed teams avoid losing work.

- **Role:** Director of Product Management at Panzura
- **Organizations:** Panzura, ECi Software Solutions, Louisiana Art & Science Museum, Project Management Institute Baton Rouge Local Chapter
- **Education:** The University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business
- **Known for:** Named as a vendor contact on NIST certificate #4900 for Panzura CloudFS's active FIPS 140-3 cryptographic-module validation., Authored a four-part 2025 Panzura series on hybrid-cloud file control, total cost, synchronization and recovery., Earned Eagle Scout recognition in 1995.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2011** — Worked in technical support and system administration at ECi Software Solutions; a public business directory also lists him as product manager for RockSolid from 2010.
- **2010-2018** — Volunteered as an event photographer for the Louisiana Art & Science Museum, including its annual gala and an International Planetarium Society meeting.
- **2015** — Earned the Project Management Professional credential and joined the Project Management Institute's Baton Rouge chapter, according to his public LinkedIn profile.
- **2016-2018** — Added Certified ScrumMaster and Certified Scrum Professional credentials.
- **2019-2021** — Studied at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business.
- **2024** — Named by NIST as a Panzura contact for the active FIPS 140-3 validation of the CloudFS cryptographic module.
- **2025** — Published a four-part Panzura series comparing approaches to hybrid-cloud file control, collaboration, cost and recovery.

## Achievements

- Named as a vendor contact on NIST certificate #4900 for Panzura CloudFS's active FIPS 140-3 cryptographic-module validation.
- Authored a four-part 2025 Panzura series on hybrid-cloud file control, total cost, synchronization and recovery.
- Earned Eagle Scout recognition in 1995.
- Volunteered for more than seven years as an event photographer at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum.

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Published four Panzura articles comparing CloudFS and Egnyte on control, cost, synchronization and resilience.
- **2024-11** — Listed as a Panzura vendor contact when NIST recorded the initial validation of the CloudFS FIPS cryptographic module.

## Links

- Website: https://panzura.com/blog/author/peter-haendler
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haendler

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Last updated: 2026-09-27