Darren Spence

Darren has over 27 years’ experience working in the IT industry and today holds the position of CRO for the 2023 AI Company of the Year, Smartbox.ai.  

Smartbox.ai uses AI to detect and redact personal and sensitive information from data lakes and IT environments.

Prior to his role at Smartbox.ai, Darren was the Managing Director of Bytes Document Solutions, and the founder and Managing Director of the channel services group, Boost Technology Group.

Darren has been a CRN IT industry judge every year since 2016 and is a regular commentator on IT industry matters.