Cybersecurity professional with a software engineering, project management and pre-sales background and a passion for open source, automation and data privacy; strong entrepreneurial background and over 25 years of professional experience. AWS Certified Solutions Architect. Scrum-/PRINCE2-/ITIL-certified.

Having worked abroad (Hong Kong, China, Macau, Switzerland) for almost a decade and in various different roles, including running my own software development company for 15 years, has provided me with a very broad spectrum of intercultural knowledge and experience.

Experience with hyper-growth pre-IPO companies in the identity and cybersecurity space, having been the first DACH solutions engineer on the ground at both Auth0 (IAM) and Snyk (DevSecOps / Cloud-Native Application Security).
Initiator of the "Identity & Security Germany" and "DevSecCon Germany" meetup series, as well as a frequent speaker at security-related industry events.

Snyk is the leader in developer security. We empower the world’s developers to build secure applications and equip security teams to meet the demands of the digital world. Our developer-first approach ensures organizations can secure all of the critical components of their applications from code to cloud, leading to increased developer productivity, revenue growth, customer satisfaction, cost savings and an overall improved security posture. Snyk’s Developer Security Platform automatically integrates with a developer’s workflow and is purpose-built for security teams to collaborate with their development teams. Snyk is used by 2,500+ customers worldwide today, including industry leaders such as Asurion, Google, Intuit, MongoDB, New Relic, Revolut and Salesforce. Snyk was named a Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Application Security Testing (AST) and in The Forrester Wave™: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) 2023, and has been recognized on the Forbes Cloud 100 2022 along with the 2023 CNBC Disruptor 50.