Peter Jobse
President and Chief Executive Officer

CIT Tower, Suite 600,
2214 Rock Hill Road,
Herndon, VA 20170-4200
E-Mail: pjobse@cit.org
Phone: (703) 689-3040
Fax: (703) 689-3041

Peter Jobse joined the Center for Innovative Technology in October 2002 as executive vice president and chief operating officer. In May 2003, CIT's board of directors selected Mr. Jobse as president of CIT and in 2006 named him President and CEO.

Since joining CIT, Mr. Jobse transformed CIT into an advanced technology services organization dedicated to accelerating the next generation of technology and technology companies.  Under Mr. Jobse’s leadership, CIT established a seed stage investment fund that has created 30 companies and attracted nearly $23 million in private equity.  In addition, Mr. Jobse created an advanced technology consulting practice, a translational research and development management practice, and expanded broadband deployment in rural areas of Virginia.  Mr. Jobse’s implementation of a multiple source funding model utilizing evergreen investment structures has resulted in 100% increase in mission related revenue.

As CIT's CEO, Mr. Jobse works with many diverse communities: university faculty and administration, fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, industry associations, and officials from federal, state and local governments in fulfilling CIT's mission.

Mr. Jobse came to CIT with 23 years of technology industry expertise. He has experience in all aspects of business operations including market assessment, strategic planning, product development, sales, merger and acquisition, and operational delivery. Previously, Mr. Jobse was senior vice president of ArcSight (NASDAQ: ARST) during company initiation and initial product development where he was responsible for consulting, product implementation, education and channel services. Prior to ArcSight, he was chief operating officer of Condor Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: CNDR), a web and e-business solutions provider. Mr. Jobse started his career at Electronic Data Systems (NYSE: EDS), where he worked for 20 years. His most recent position at EDS was vice president and general manager, responsible for providing large-scale integration, software development and outsourcing services for government clients.

Mr. Jobse serves on a number of public and private boards, commissions and committees.