Peter Tierney is the CEO of the World Technology Corporation and the Chief Export Counselor for CIBA’s Export New York Program. He brings over 25 years of experience in helping U.S. companies to export their products and services to international markets.

Peter developed his export skills at two of the top export management companies in the world – Mitsui & Co., a Japanese export trading company with annual revenues of $180 billion; and Dorian Drake International, one of the largest U.S.-based export management companies. Peter has also served as the Director of the Harlem U.S. Export Assistance Center for the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. In this role, he helped small and mid-sized companies export their products and services to international markets.

In his export management career, Peter has handled exports of a diversified set of products and services such as IT products, water treatment systems, outdoor power equipment, integrated chips, software services, renewable energy equipment, roofing, food products, power electronics and electrical transformers. He has traveled extensively to Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Italy, Germany, UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and the Philippines.

Peter received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan. He is an expert lecturer on the international exporting of U.S. products and has been a featured guest speaker on international trade and free trade agreements on Reuters.com and Crain’s Business.