Peter Smith

Peter Smith began their work experience in 1993 as a Network Manager at John Laing Homes. Peter then went on to work as an EMEA IT Manager at Bristol-Myers Squibb from 1997 to 2000. After that, they served as an EMEA IT Manager at Documentum from 2000 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005, they worked as an IT Manager at Rapid Climate Control Limited. Peter then joined Brandwidth as a Group Technical & Projects Manager from 2006 to 2007. Following that, they held the same position at STL Group Ltd (an InfoTrack company) from 2007 to 2011. Peter continued their career at WebFusion as a Technical Director from 2011 to 2012. Currently, they are the Director of IT Operations EMEA & India at Cision, where they have been since September 2012. In this role, they have successfully developed an IT infrastructure to support the company's growth to over 6,000 employees.

Peter Smith has a foundation degree in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications from the Greater London Business School. In terms of additional certifications, they have obtained the NEBOSH National Certificate from NEBOSH in November 2020. Peter also holds the Certified EU GDPR Foundation and Certified EU GDPR Practitioner qualifications from IBITGQ and the International Board for IT Governance, respectively, which were obtained in September 2017. Additionally, Peter has the PRINCE2® 2017 Foundation & Practitioner certification from Aztec, obtained in August 2017. Other certifications include CompTIA Network+ (March 2017), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT) (August 2015), ITIL Practitioner (February 2014), and Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) Accredited (May 2010). Peter also has certifications in Novell, Cisco, ISO Accredited Audit Manager, and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), although the specific obtaining months and years are not provided.