Bio

I am an internationally recognised expert in the field of cybersecurity and tackling cybercrime. I have excellent leadership skills and my ability to work with different stakeholder groups enables me to deliver complex projects on time and within expectations. My technical background coupled with my ability to engage non-technical audiences means that I can solicit engagement from many parties and bridge different domains, including strategy, governance and operations 20+ years of combined work experience and hands-on skills in cyber security and defense, combatting cybercrime, policy & governance, intelligence management, crypto analysis, digital forensics and digital transformation 20+ years of programme and project management experience as well as quality and change management in international environments (e.g. successful delivery of Europol’s new decryption platform, using liquid immersion cooling) Extensive experience in leading international and multi-cultural teams as well as in collaborating with the financial sector, the information security industry, the telecommunication sector and academia Wealth of experience in developing and implementing strategies, policies, standards (e.g. ISO 27001, ISO 9001) and innovative solutions in complex environments Experienced keynote speaker and author of EU position papers and industry publications (e.g. Artificial Intelligence Member of ENISA’s (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Advisory Group Member of the Cyber Defenders Council, Cybereason Member of the World Economic Forum‘s international Partnership against Cybercrime Member of the World Economic Forum‘s Digital Assets Task Force Member of Carnegie Endowment’s FinCyber Strategy Project Member of the Programme Advisory Board of the German Cyber Academy Chairman of the Security Advisory Board of the H2020-funded research CC-Driver project on cybercrime Co-founder of a small NGO focusing on Peace, Justice and Security and the co-organiser of a charity gala in 2016 under the patronage of Sharon Stone and VIP guests such as the then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Certificates and training received in information security management (ISO 27001), information management, leadership skills, project management, quality management, ITIL and analytical and investigative tools PhD and a Master’s degree in business informatics from the University of Vienna MSc in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime Investigation from the University College Dublin (graduated at the top of my class)