October 2011

Global Marketing Manager Peter Geale is the latest to join the management team of award winning IT innovator and thought leader - Netbox Blue. Peter Geale will head the company’s marketing department with a focus on all marketing operations and continue to build and strengthen the Netbox Blue brand in the global IT security and social media management arena.

Peter Geale has more than 25 years’ experience in sales and marketing roles across the Information and Communications Technology industry in Brisbane, Sydney and Boston. His work has spanned varying sized businesses from start-up firms to large multinational firms including companies such as Hewlett Packard, CITEC, Stallion, Anixter and Pivit.

Peter joins Netbox Blue as Global Marketing Manager at a critical time in the company’s development. The Brisbane-based firm is poised to extend its market presence in the Australian and international marketplace to meet the growing internet security imperative for business, government and education.  Netbox Blue's innovative and patented technologies protect the reputation of its customers by ensuring they can leverage the power of the Internet in their organisation while ensuring their online safety.

Peter remarked that “Netbox Blue is an innovative Australian company with a growing suite of products and services that well and truly ‘punch above their weight’ in the global marketplace.  I’m looking forward to working with my new Netbox Blue colleagues and our customers to grow the company’s market presence”.

With the appointment of Peter Geale, the company is facilitating continued growth and expansion in domestic and international markets through increased international marketing activity, partner growth and greater brand exposure.

“It is fantastic to have Peter Geale on board to take Netbox Blue marketing to new heights. Peter will be tasked with management of our global brand, launching our new products and the rollout of our revitalised global partner programme”, Netbox Blue General Manager for Australia & NZ, Ross Hanson says.

Netbox Blue is a leading provider of innovative internet compliance, management and security solutions. Netbox Blue provides organisations with unique, real-time social media management technology to enable organisations to manage the risks of social media use in business. The company owns granted patents around this unique technology and has other patents in the process of being granted. The company was established in 1999, is privately held and is based in Australia. It has a presence in over 19 countries and has partnerships and distribution agreements with some of the world’s largest IT companies.


For more information contact: Gita Raikar, Promotions Coordinator, Netbox Blue gita [dot] raikar [at] netboxblue [dot] com

Available for interview:
Peter Geale, Global Marketing Manager, Netbox Blue peter [dot] geale [at] netboxblue [dot] com
Ross Hanson, General Manager- Australia and New Zealand, Netbox Blue ross [dot] hanson [at] netboxblue [dot] com