Publishing systems specialist Peter Marsh has died following a battle with cancer.

Formerly vice president of marketing at Naviga - formerly Newscycle Solutions - he died on Friday (May 22) after battling an aggressive brain tumour for the past several months.

He joined the then-Newscycle in 2013 from Atex, where he was senior vice president of global product management. With more than 30 years' experience in the media industry, he was previously chief executive of 5 Fifteen Inc., Founder and chief executive of Deadline Data Systems and vice president of web development at Ebsco Publishing. He held a Bachelor of Science degree, Summa Cum Laude, from Boston University's College of Communications.

He also served as chairman of the board of directors at Samaritans, a non-profit organisation dedicated to suicide prevention, based in Boston.
Marketing programs specialist Aley Sibol, who worked with him at Naviga, told GXpress, "Pete was an incredible colleague and person and will be sorely missed."