SZEGEDI
Policy Officer at DG Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission

Peter Szegedi

European Commission, DG CONNECT

Peter is a dedicated leader with over 20 years of experience driving impactful change across commercial and public sectors. His expertise spans policy, program, project, and people management, with a strong focus on large-scale digital IT transformation, public procurement tenders, and multi-national research initiatives.


At the European Commission, Peter shapes digital policies on open science cloud (EOSC), high performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI Factories), and research network connectivity through GÉANT. Previously at Oracle, he excelled as a solution engineer and cloud architect, later advancing to Digital Transformation Specialist for the EMEA public sector, education and research markets. His role at GÉANT Association (formerly TERENA) involved defining and implementing cloud technology policies for higher education & research, collaborating closely with the European Commission. With extensive experience as an EC project coordinator and open-source community organizer, Peter brings strategic vision and a results-driven approach to every initiative.