Mari Frank, Esq. Interviews Peter Kosmala, Training Director IAPP

Peter Kosmala assists with IAPP operations, strategy and marketing. He oversees membership services and is responsible for all of the association's privacy credentialing programs. In 2004, Mr. Kosmala helped develop and launch the first-ever, broad-based certification in information privacy, the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP). He has since developed specialized credentialing programs in U.S. government privacy (CIPP/G) and Canadian privacy (CIPP/C). Today, he manages all three programs from course training and exam administration to continuing education. Prior to joining the IAPP, Mr. Kosmala worked successfully in a variety of consulting, entrepreneurial and corporate environments in business planning, strategic marketing and project management capacities. As Managing Director with strategic consulting firm Progress Partners, Mr. Kosmala advised corporate clients on Internet business strategy and marketing technology integration. As an Associate with online marketing consulting company Upstream Group, Mr. Kosmala authored and presented professional development programs for Internet marketing executives. He also spoke at national events on the topics of online marketing trends and emerging advertising platforms. Mr. Kosmala spent several years in software product management as Director of Product Syndication for MyWay.com and managed marketing technology operations for Planet Direct, both properties of CMGI, a leading Internet holding company in the 1990s. His roots are in the advertising and publishing businesses at agencies Wells Rich Greene BDDP and EURO RSCG/MVBMS Partners as well as technology publisher Wired Magazine. www.privacyassociation.org Previ