Peter Berg Schmidt

Peter Berg Schmidt has diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Peter is currently working at boost.ai as the Regional Head of Customer Success, where they have been since March 2023. Prior to this, they served as the Interim Head of the Financial Sector and Head of Telco, Media & Technology at the same company.

Before joining boost.ai, Peter held the position of Strategic Partner Manager from June 2019 to July 2021. Peter also served as the DK Country Manager and AI Supervisor/DK Partner Manager at the company from September 2017 to November 2018.

In addition to their roles at boost.ai, Peter has entrepreneurial experience as the owner of Beachmeter Consult and Beachmeter.com since August 2014. Peter specializes in tourism consultancy, itinerary building, supplier management, customer management, marketing strategy, and destination advisory.

Peter was also involved in academic and research work at Aalborg University, where they served as an External Advisor for the MA Tourism program from November 2008 to June 2019. Peter also worked as a Research Assistant and Lecturer from September 2007 to January 2008, teaching a course on the sociology of tourism and contributing to an EU project on knowledge dynamics in rural areas in the tourism sector.

Peter's experience extends to international work as well. Peter was an External Lecturer at Chandrakasem Rajabhat University in Bangkok, Thailand, where they taught European tourism and culture for a month in August 2005.

Earlier in their career, Peter worked as an Area Production Manager at Billetkontoret A/S, Denmark's largest tour operator, from August 2008 to June 2014. Peter was responsible for developing travel itineraries and products, supplier contract negotiations, CSR, travel agency collaboration, hotel/site inspections, travel trade shows, and marketing.

Peter also served as a CSR Advisory Board Member at Danmarks Rejsebureau Forening (Association of Danish Travel Agents and Tour Operators) from December 2010 to April 2012 and worked as a Temporary Customer Consultant in the Emergency Department at IHI from April 2008 to June 2008.

From their experience, it's clear that Peter has a strong background in customer success, strategic partnerships, entrepreneurship, tourism consultancy, academic research, and international teaching.

Peter Berg Schmidt's education history is as follows:

Peter obtained their Master of Arts (MA) degree in Tourism from Aalborg University, graduating in 2007. Additionally, in 2004, they took part in an exchange program at the National University of Singapore, where they studied Economy & Society, Sociology of Tourism, and Medical Sociology as a third-year Anthropology student.

Before that, they earned their Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Anthropology from Aarhus University, completing their undergraduate studies in 2004.

Prior to their university education, Peter attended Støvring Gymnasium, where they completed their high school education from 1997 to 2000.

There is no available information on Peter's educational background before high school, except for a one-year period at Mellerup in 1996-1997 for which no degree or field of study information is provided.

In addition to their formal education, Peter has obtained various certifications. Some of the certifications they have earned include "Understanding Plants - Part I: What a Plant Knows" from Tel Aviv University, "Our Earth's Future" from the American Museum of Natural History, "The Fundamentals of Hotel Distribution" from ESSEC Business School, "Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies: The First Step in Entrepreneurship" from the University of Maryland, and "Sustainability of Food Systems: A Global Life Cycle Perspective" from the University of Minnesota. These certifications were obtained at various times between 2013 and 2017.