At Threat.Technology we track over 100,000 infosec, cyber security, military and cyber startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Germany based CEO’ operating in the Security space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Andreas Bodczek
Chief Executive Officer of IDnow
Andreas Bodczek is passionate tech entrepreneur, seasoned board room executive, global mindset. Backing fellow entrepreneurs as active early-stage tech investor, and Point Nine Capital board partner. Co-founded, scaled and sold Fyber. Former CEO of Telefónica Deutschland, MD of Telefónica UK, member of Bertelsmann’s junior management program.Excited about bold ideas in mobility, digital health, blockchain beyond crypto currencies.Interested in private equity operating partner assignments, management buy-in/buy-out scenarios, buy-and-build strategies, tech distress/transformation opportunities.
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About IDnow: IDnow is a technology startup that provides advanced machine-learning technology for its Identity Verification-as-a-Service platform.
Kıvanc Semen
Founder and CEO Product, Technology of DataGuard
Kivanc Semen is a Founder and CEO at DataGuard. He is a former CEO in the technology sector (since 2009), programmer, and IT / process consultant for SMEs and corporations (2005-2009) with a focus on data protection and IT security.
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About DataGuard: DataGuard helps businesses to build trust and operationalise compliance.
Thomas Regier
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of DataGuard
Thomas Regier is a Founder and CEO at DataGuard. He earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard University.
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About DataGuard: DataGuard helps businesses to build trust and operationalise compliance.
Mischa Rurup
CEO & Founder of Usercentrics
Mischa Rurup is an entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Usercentrics, a GDPR solution for enterprise customers and online marketing agencies.
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About Usercentrics: Usercentrics is a munich/Germany based legal technology SaaS provider, redefining the way to secure compliant data via consent management.
Sami Sørensen
Chief Executive Officer of IoTAL
Sami founded IoTAL in 2021 after being involved with IoT and embedded system engineering in various strategic and commercial capacities since 2017. Sami is a 2013-2017 Goldman Sachs Alumni where he was Sales Associate and later a Corporate Credit Trader. From 2017-2019 Sami was a Vice-President Credit Trader at Deutsche Bank London responsible for managing the banks exposure and market making activities in TMT and Pharma/Chemicals. He is an HEC Paris (MSc. in Management) and Sciences Po Paris (MA in Public Affairs) 2012 graduate.
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About IoTAL: The data engineering company. Turning your big data into valuable information.
Karsten Nolling
CEO of KIWI
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About KIWI: KIWI provides secure, keyless access for large multi-tenant buildings.
Simon Kissel
CEO, founder of Viprinet
I am a nerd, inventor, leading figure, and executive. I spend my day time as a succesful business man, but at night, when the city is asleep, I turn into a dark and mysterious creature, that enjoys the enchanted arts of research and development. In 2006, I invented technology that enables unbreakable fully-encrypted Internet and cloud connectivity in offices and moving vehicles. For the last 10 years, my company has been perfecting and innovating on top of this invention, making the most robust SD-WAN technology anywhere. We’re the only SD-WAN provider that’s mastered cellular and combined wired-cellular connectivity. Our technology is used in Europe in fields where unreliable Internet could mean lost revenue or lost lives. SDWAN done end-to-end, SDWAN done unbreakable, SDWAN done right. Only at Viprinet.
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About Kissel Ventures GmbH, Nerdherrschaft GmbH, Viprinet: Viprinet is the leading SDWAN Innovator. We have invented WAN Bonding, and are providing unbreakable WAN and VPN routing technology.
Christian Diegelmann
CEO and Founder of Euro Payment Group
We are unique – in the very best sense because we not only offer safe solutions, but also a partnership in common understanding. That’s what makes us special and this is exactly what our customers appreciate.
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About Euro Payment Group: Euro Payment Group is a service provider for electronic real-time payments with integrated risk management tools.
Tim Schughart
CEO of ProSec
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About ProSec: ProSec is a network security company.
Steffen Teske
Co-Founder & CEO of Perseus
CEO and co-founder of Perseus. Over more than 20 years experience in the areas of CRM, Software as a Service (SaaS) and telecommunications. Last station: ZenDesk.
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About Perseus, Vimcar: Perseus provides cyber security, and data privacy services.
Stefan Esser
CEO of Antid0te
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About Antid0te: Antid0te is an international IT security company that focuses on security vulnerabilities in desktop, web, and mobile applications.
Leif Nissen Lundbaek
CEO of Xayn
Academically trained as a mathematician, Leif-Nissen Lundbaek’s work focuses mainly on algorithms and applications for privacy-preserving artificial intelligence. In 2017, Leif developed the eXpandable AI Network (XAIN) as a cyber-security protocol that combines AI with privacy paradigms. Since then, his company has won multiple awards, such as the 1st Porsche Innovation Contest, and worked successfully with many blue chip companies. Leif-Nissen has received an M.Sc. in Software Engineering at The University of Oxford with distinction as well as an M.Sc. in Mathematics at Heidelberg University.
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About Xayn: Xayn builds Web Search as it should be.
Daniel Hofmann
CEO of Hornetsecurity
Daniel Hofmann is a Co-Founder at Hornetsecurity. He responsible for product development, IT operations and marketing at Hornetsecurity. Executive IT consultant, several years of experience in various positions in the IT market. Since 2004 independent businessman and founder/ first developer of antispameurope Services, Managing Director and partner at Hornetsecurity GmbH.
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About Hornetsecurity: Hornetsecurity offers you comprehensive, integrated managed E-Mail security services.
Klaus Weinmann
Founder and CEO of Cancom
Klaus Weinmann (born in 1969, German nationality) studied at the University of Augsburg and got a degree in business administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) in 1995. After founding CANCOM in January 1992 as an IT value added reseller the company experienced terrific growth. At the time of his graduation CANCOM engaged 50 employees. Since September 1999 CANCOM is publically traded in Germany (COK) and since 2012 quoted in the German TecDAX as one of the top 30 German high tech companies. Today, Klaus has successfully transformed CANCOM from a software and hardware supplier to a fully integrated IT Services Provider and Cloud Business Transformation Partner. Due to his outstanding entrepreneurial achievements, Klaus Weinmann was several times awarded as a finalist of the entrepreneur competition “Entrepreneur of the year”. Other mandates held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PRIMEPULSE SE (unlisted; no Group mandate), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Stemmer Imaging AG, Puchheim (listed; no Group mandate).
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About Cancom, Primepulse: The Cancom group is a provider of IT infrastructure and IT services.
Rudolf Hotter
Chief Executive Officer and Vorstandsvorsitzender of Cancom
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About Cancom: The Cancom group is a provider of IT infrastructure and IT services.
Rachid El Bansarkhani
Founder and CEO of QuantiCor Security
After completing his studies in Business Informatics and Mathematics, he completed his PhD in Post-Quantum Cryptography at the Technical University Darmstadt. He has worked in the field of M & A and is working as a scientist on the design and design of quantum computer-resistant cryptosystems. In addition, he has led numerous projects in this area, such as in cooperation with Intel Labs, and was a participant in the Software Campus. He is a certified ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, holds several patents, teaches at Darmstadt University of Technology and is a member of CySec, Crossing and CRISP .
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About QuantiCor Security: Quantum computer-resistant security solutions for IoT and blockchain technologies
Aeneas Rekkas
Founder & CEO of Ory
Aeneas started developing at 12, built his first web services at the age of 16 and co-founded Serlo Education – Germany’s leading open education platform – together with Simon Köhl while still in school.
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About Ory: Ory is an open-source identity platform that offers modern cloud-native solutions for authentication and authorization
David Lehrer
President & CEO of Conatix
David Lehrer is the President & CEO at Conatix.
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About Conatix: Where AI meets cybersecurity
Roland Busch
President and CEO of Siemens
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About Siemens: Siemens offers products, solutions, and services in energy, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure and city, and consumer product sectors.
Wojciech Golebiowski
Chief Executive Officer of Veronym
Founder and CEO of Veronym. Wojciech gained his expert knowledge and experience from the best and the biggest: Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Systems, EMC and Riverbed Technology, to name a few. In the last 17 years he has shown his skills in strategic projects supporting industry giants. For the past 7 years his main focus was on the rapidly-growing field of cyber security. Over two thousand companies and government institutions have benefited from his strategies and recommendations on cyber security trends and next generation technology to protect business in the digital age. He is experienced in meeting the demands of modern business and providing long-term benefits. He used his know-how to create Veronym — a company specializing in cloud cyber security services.
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About Veronym: Veronym is a cloud security service provider (CSSP).
Franz Thomas Fuerst
Co-CEO and Founder of WebID Solutions
Franz Thomas Fürst studied at Boston University and was awarded the title of Bachelor of Science / Bachelor (BSc/BA) in Business Administration. After selling his family’s group of companies, he continued his academic education at the London Business School, achieving a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). Following several years with CSC Index in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as London and Munich, Thomas Fürst worked in investment banking (Mergers & Acquisitions section) for Credit Suisse First Boston in London and Frankfurt. Over a period of ten years, he set up his own consultancy firm specialising in financial services, media and retail. Franz Thomas Fürst has been founder and co-CEO of WebID Solutions GmbH since 2012. At the Solingen site, he is responsible for the company’s own high-security video identification centre.
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About WebID Solutions: WebID Solutions provider of legally-compliant online contract conclusion and accurate personal identification products.
Frank Jorga
Co-CEO and Founder of WebID Solutions
Founder and Co-CEO of WebID Solutions GmbH. At the Hamburg site, he is responsible for strategic product and business direction of the WebID Group. After graduating in business administration and law (with admission to the bar), he held leading positions in medium-sized companies and groups in the finance and banking sector. Frank Stefan Jorga is also the owner of the FEB Capital GmbH investment company and a member of the Supervisory Board at Deutsche Handelsbank AG.
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About WebID Solutions: WebID Solutions provider of legally-compliant online contract conclusion and accurate personal identification products.
Johannes Dahse
CEO & Co-Founder of RIPS Technologies
Johannes exploits security vulnerabilities in PHP code for 10 years. He is an active speaker at academic and industry conferences and a pioneer in the field of code analysis. He achieved his Ph.D. in IT security / static code analysis at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Previously, he worked as a security consultant for leading companies worldwide.
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About RIPS Technologies: RIPS Technologies help your business to secure PHP and Java web applications with language-specific code analysis and automated patching.
Robin Rohm
CEO & Co-Founder of Apheris
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About Apheris: Apheris provides a platform for federated & privacy preserving data science
Dennis Monner
CEO & Founder of Secucloud
Dennis Monner is a visionary entrepreneur. He was the founder and CEO for over 10 years of the IT security company gateProtect AG (www.gateprotect.com). gateProtect AG is a global provider of UTM firewall solutions. Under his management the company was able to outperform 500 competitors and, according to the analyst Haus Gartner, climb to the global Top 10 in the industry. The particular strengths of Mr. Monner lie in his entrepreneurial attributes, in particular a secure grasp of market trends and demands, identification of business potential in the early stages, development of business models, and international sales.
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About Secucloud: Secucloud is a service provider of cloud-based IT security, operating worldwide.
Frank Stührenberg
Chief Executive Officer of PHOENIX CONTACT Cyber Security AG
Frank Stuehrenberg, born in 1963, studied Economic Sciences with a main focus on Business Informatics at the University of Paderborn, Germany. Frank Stuehrenberg has been working at Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG since 1992. The company is the worldwide market leader of components, systems and solutions in the area of electrical engineering, electronics and automation with 16,500 employees worldwide and had a turnover of 2.2 billion euros in 2017. Frank Stuehrenberg started his career at Nixdorf Computer AG in 1989. In 1992, he joined Phoenix Contact as Assistant to the Management of Sales, Marketing and Development. In 1995, he became Director of the International Key Account Management and 1998 Director of National Sales. In 2001, Frank Stührenberg was appointed as a member of the Executive Board of Phoenix Contact and since January 1, 2015, he has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Frank Stührenberg is a member of the external trade committee of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) and the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (ZVEI e.V.). He is also a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the ZVEI.
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About PHOENIX CONTACT Cyber Security AG: PHOENIX CONTACT Cyber Security AG designs, develops, and distributes communication security components and solutions for cyber security.
Stephan Noller
CEO of UBIRCH
Psychologist and serial entrepeneur from Cologne, Germany. Found one of the first machine learning companies in the european tech-sphere (nugg.ad) and sold it to Deutsche Post DHL. Passionate about technology, algorithms and internet of things. Currently involved in three different hardware / IoT startups, ubirch (secure IoT), calliope (educational IoT technology) and trackle (ovulation tracker wearable). Member of the advisory board of the German ministry of economics and energy.
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About trackle GmbH, UBIRCH: UBIRCH offers data trust: data is sealed at the source, anchored into multiple public blockchains and made verifiable through an API.
Michael Mertens
Founder and CEO of CryptoTec
Michael Mertens holds a diploma from the University of Aachen, Germany, as a computer scientist specialized in mathematics, IT security and cryptography. Mertens is one of the most important pioneers in the development of central (trust centre) and decentral (web of trust) authentication systems. Already while at university, he studied PKI-based encryption solutions. In his diploma thesis he developed a concept for Identity Management for blockchain technology. During his studies, he has worked with Wei Dai. The exchange concerned the cryptographic possibilities with regard to the idea of a cryptographic currency that was implemented as a b-money by Wei Dai in 1998 and formed the basis for the bitcoin idea and blockchain technology. Mertens became an independent businessman in 1992 and has been securing the digital communication of companies using the PGP software since then. Since 1995, he has been securing the electronic transfer of sensitive flight data for airports. Mertens has been doing extensive work in the Internet-based securities trade since 2000. His task in the establishment of one of the very first portals for online trading ever was ensuring the encrypted and legally binding transfer of data. In 2004 Michael Mertens founded the iDev GmbH, a company for individual software solutions in the area of secure, distributed systems. Already two years after its founding, iDev was the market leader in the field of POS solutions and, in 2009, a leader in self-service terminals. In 2014, Mertens and Dr. Michael Raumann founded the CryptoTec AG. The aim of the foundation was to make cryptographic encodings usable for companies of all sizes and to expand the cyber security. The technology company now offers high-security solutions for connected distributed computer systems. Mertens is a recognized expert on cryptography, blockchain, agile development and usability. He advises companies in the healthcare sector and he regularly gives lectures at conferences and universities.
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About CryptoTec: CryptoTec provides high-security solutions for connecting decentralized computer systems.
Sebastian Weyer
Co-Founder & CEO of Statice
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About Statice: Statice is a data privacy company that facilitates complex and professional data analysis using privacy-preserving technologies.
Matthias Vallentin
Chief Executive Officer of Tenzir
Matthias is the mastermind behind Tenzir. After completing his PhD and postdoc at UC Berkeley, he brings the Californian spirit and driven work culture right into the heart of Hamburg. His dissertation work, the open-source platform VAST, lays the foundation stone for Tenzir. When not coordinating the top-notch team, he seeks outdoor adventures with his family.
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About Tenzir: Tenzir empowers defenders by developing an open security analytics platform that automates detection and investigation of attacks.
Travis Witteveen
CEO of Avira
Travis Witteveen is the CEO of Avira.
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About Avira: Avira provides IT-security antivirus software.
Daniel Niesler
CEO of FTAPI Software
. Daniel Niesler is CEO at FTAPI Software GmbH.
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About FTAPI Software: FTAPI Software offers end to end encrypted secure data exchange software for SMBs.
Ulrich Fietz
CEO of TÜV Rheinland Group
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About TÜV Rheinland Group: TÜV Rheinland Group is a provider of technical services worldwide.
René Milzarek
CEO & Co-Founder of Crashtest Security
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About Crashtest Security: Automate your security testing with the most user-friendly scanning tool on the market!
Stefan Strobel
CEO and Founder of Cirosec
Stefan Strobel studied Medical Computer Science at the Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences and the University of Heidelberg, and Intelligence Artificielle at the LIA of the Université de Savoie in Chambery, France. Even during his studies he worked as a freelancer at a number of IT firms. He was one of the founders of Centaur Communication GmbH in Heilbronn, which later became part of IntegralisCentaur and Articon-Integralis AG. At Centaur Communication GmbH he was responsible for the company’s successful restructuring into a purely IT security firm. He was Technical Director at Centaur Communication GmbH, and later Technical Development Director at IntegralisCentaur, also working in Strategic Development at Articon-Integralis AG. He has many years of experience in consultation services for large companies with high security requirements, as well as in concept and policy formulation. In addition to this work, he also teaches at professional academies and at the Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences, gives lectures at industry congresses, and is the author of various technical books which have appeared in a number of different languages. He is Founder and CEO of cirosec GmbH since February 2002.
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About Cirosec: The cirosec GmbH is a specialized provider of consulting, services and solutions in the field of IT security.
Marian Gläser
Co-Founder and CEO of brighter AI
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About brighter AI: Protect every identity in public.
Guido Habicht
Founder,CEO of AV-Test
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About AV-Test: AV-TEST provides independent comparative tests and reviews for antivirus software, antimalware tools, Internet of Things devices and more.
Andreas Marx
CEO of AV-Test
He has a diploma degree in Business Informatics. He is a CEO of AV-TEST GmbH and represents the company in dealings with institutions and customers. His knowledge when it comes to analysing malicious software set the course for a successful company start-up.
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About AV-Test: AV-TEST provides independent comparative tests and reviews for antivirus software, antimalware tools, Internet of Things devices and more.
Mike Kirillov
CEO, Founder of Hito Wallet
An experienced geek-entrepreneur with strong hardware-software development skills and proven one-man-band startup launcher
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About Hito Wallet: Hito Wallet is a stylish device for ultra secure crypto storage and software wallet
Andreas Plies
CEO & Co-Founder of AUTHADA
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About AUTHADA: AUTHADA revolutionizes existing identification processes using the eID of the identity card and the NFC interface of the smartphone.
Karl Viertel
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Alyne
Karl is the CEO and founder of Alyne. He is involved both in running Alyne’s sales activities as well as curating Alyne’s Control Statement and Risk Libraries. Before founding Alyne, Karl delivered security, risk management and governance solutions to leading organisations in Europe, America and Asia Pacific in his role as Director for Deloitte & Touche in Munich, Germany and Melbourne, Australia. He started his career delivering complex IT programs to European banks at Accenture. Karl holds a Diploma in Business Information Systems Management from the University of Regensburg.
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About Alyne: Alyne is a Munich based B2B RegTech offering organisations risk insight capabilities through a software as a service.
Helmut Binder
CEO of Paessler
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About Paessler: Paessler’s network monitoring solutions provide peace of mind, confidence and convenience at a price you can afford.
Tim-Julian Hartmann
CEO & Managing Director of Libify
Tim-Julian Hartmann is the Owner at Venture Basecamp GmbH
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About Libify, Venture Basecamp: Libify specializes in mobile emergency call, locating and tracking systems.
Mario Jandeck
CEO & Founder of Enginsight
Entrepreneur
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About Enginsight: Enginsight is a integrated extended detection and response (XDR) platform, with the capability to build host and network based IDS and IPS
Sascha Knopp
CEO and Co-Founder of AVA
Sascha Knopp is an award winning senior-level executive with vast experience in creating and scaling digital technologies and businesses. He is a recognized and sought after expert for setting up, optimizing and growing teams, business architectures, and organizational structures to enable and manage fast growth of technology-driven businesses. Bridging the worlds of business, psychology, and digital technology Sascha led the transformation of some of the best-known consumer focussing businesses. Before founding AVA, he digitized the complete strategy and operations of one of Europe’s largest consumer brands, amounting for new revenue streams and significant cost savings. Throughout the years, Sascha held various leadership roles at Otto Group, EDS Itellium, Hewlett Packard, and Fressnapf/Maxizoo. Sascha is also a founding member of the Neon Bridges Consortium, a foundation working for the good of humanity through the use of exponential technologies. Here, he initiated and ran a successful digital consulting and transformation practice serving world-leading organizations, spanning all sectors and markets. He studied at the Universities of Hamburg and Lueneburg and holds a university degree in Economics and Computer Science. In 2014, he joined an advanced executive program at Warwick Business School on Predictive Data Science. At AVA, Sascha’s responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer are spanning all aspects of formal management, organizational leadership, team development, strategy, and operations. He defines the technological vision and product roadmap of AVA. Together with Aleksandar Stojanovic, Sascha holds the majority stake in the company.
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About AVA: Our mission is to enable individuals, organisations and societies to make the best-informed security decisions.
Benny Bennet Jurgens
CEO and Co-Founder of Nect
Trained Software Engineer, Born Founder: I need to change things.
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About Nect: Nect offers cutting edge technology in remote identity verification and biometrics.
Carsten Willems
CEO of VMRay
Carsten is the original developer of CWSandbox, one of the first commercial malware sandbox systems that was later renamed to GFI Sandbox and then Threat Analyzer. He is a pioneer in creating enterprise software for dynamic malware analysis and detection, and is one of the leading experts in this field worldwide. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science / IT-security at the Ruhr-University of Bochum in 2013 and today has more than 20 years of experience in malware research and software design. Carsten has founded several companies, mentored many CyberSecurity startups and regularly presents at academic and industry conferences. Together with co-founder and CTO Ralf Hund, he developed the unique hypervisor-based threat detection technology that is the basis for VMRay Analyzer.
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About VMRay: VMRay Analyzer is a breakthrough solution for dynamic analysis of advanced threats, including zero day and targeted attacks.
Sascha Schumann
CEO, Lead Architect & Founder of Myra Security
Sascha Schumann started programming at the age of 7, and has not stopped since. In 2012, Sascha noticed the intensifying attacks via public Internet against his customers. So, he launched Myra Security together with Paul Kaffsack. Myra Security is a Security-as-a-service platform. It filters out bad Internet traffic (web or otherwise), before it hits your infrastructure. Myra is used by governments, institutions, and enterprises to virtually eliminate all kinds of denial of service attacks, bot threats, and similar vectors.
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About Myra Security: Myra offers a secure, certified Security-as-a-Service platform for protecting digital business processes.
Tobias Knecht
Founder & CEO of Abusix
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About Abusix, RIPE Network Coordination Centre: Abusix is a company of Internet security, network abuse handling, antispam and fraud specialists.
Ivaylo Slavov
Chief Executive Officer of DIGITALL
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About DIGITALL: DIGITALL provides software and online tools to manage and protect business services.
Chris Heinze
CEO and Co-Founder of Authoreon.io
Blockchain Architect, CEO & Co-Founder Authoreon.io
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About Authoreon.io: Authoreon solutions prevent fraud, cyber attacks, material and immaterial identity theft.
Thorsten Schröder
Co-Founder & CEO of modzero
Thorsten Schröder is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Modzero.
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About modzero: Modzero offers detailed security analysis of concepts, software, and hardware components as a service.
Anton Kreuzer
Chief Executive Officer of DriveLock
Anton Kreuzer brings more than two decades of experience, sweat, innovation and success in IT sales and leadership to his demanding role as the CEO at CenterTools Software SE. He has held leadership positions at Dataworks, Epicor and Evosoft and most recently spent 13 years as Vice President for CEE at Heat Software (previously FrontRange). Anton is an energetic, inspiring and demanding leader who is very persistent in aligning the organization to strive for customer satisfaction. He holds a business engineering degree and has over 30 years experience in IT business.
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About DriveLock: DriveLock offers network data security solutions.
Tobias Rasche
Co-Founder & CEO of Yptokey
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About Yptokey: Yptokey provides secure access to an ecosystem of connected assets for new business models and service integrations.
Sven Hezel
CEO and Founder of 24metrics
I am running my own SaaS startup in BigData and A.I where I have gained experience over the last 8 years. I would now like to pass on the knowledge to future founders. In particular I can be supportive in the fields of Big Data Processing, Data Analytics, Cloud Solutions, Artificial Intelligence.
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About 24metrics: A.I powered Cybersecurity with built in Prevention Features to stop Threats / Fraud before they happen.
Bernd Lau
CEO of Skypoint-e
Bernd Lau is a design engineer with long time experience to lead big engineering teams in the aerospace business. He worked with his aerospace team for companies like airbus, MTU aerospace and Rolls-Royce. In 2015 he found the spin-off skypoint-e GmbH that develops storm resistant drones for long time mission. This kind of drones can used to help to control unmanned vehicle in remote areas.
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About Skypoint-e: Skypoint-e develops a storm resistant drone system for long time missions on local areas.
Markus Hertlein
CEO of XignSys
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About XignSys: XignSys is a young startup from the Ruhr area that solves your password problems.
Sergej Dechand
Founder and CEO of Code Intelligence
Sergej is an expert in usability aspects of IT-Security and worked as a project manager at Fraunhofer FKIE.
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About Code Intelligence: Code Intelligence provides modern security testing solutions using coverage based fuzzing.
Marius Sewing
CEO in Residence Microsoft Accelerator Germany of AttachingIT
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About : Accelerating the transition of companies to the (public) cloud.
Robert Fels
CEO of Contiva GmbH
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About Contiva GmbH: IT Security Consultancy
Andre Mindermann
CEO & Co-Founder of OTRS
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About OTRS: Open Source Help Desk solutions and ITSM
Florian Gattung
CEO of Shellfire of Shellfire
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About Shellfire: Your trusted provider for vpn tunnel hosting
Max Behr
CEO of Shellfire of Shellfire
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About Shellfire: Your trusted provider for vpn tunnel hosting
Max Behr
CEO of Shellfire of Shellfire
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About Shellfire: Your trusted provider for vpn tunnel hosting
Sebastian Wolters
Chief Executive Officer of APPVISORY
Commercial Development, Corporate Communication, Marketing & PR. Former IT Business Consultant and Consultant for e.on, Deutsche Bahn & Deutsche Post.
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About APPVISORY: APPVISORY is a SaaS provider for Mobile App Risk Management based on a cutting-edge AppScan Security Engine
Klaus Mochalski
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Rhebo
Klaus Mochalski is founder of Rhebo and has served as CEO since our founding. He has over ten years of experience in the development and marketing of technologies for network management and security. The companies ipoque and Adyton Systems that he founded now have over 150 employees in total and continue to grow. Before starting his first company, Klaus Mochalski worked in research and teaching at a number of international universities for five years.
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About Rhebo: Rhebo safeguards industrial control systems and critical infrastructure against downtimes and cyber attacks.
Elmar Eperiesi-Beck
CEO and Founder of Eperi
Elmar began his security career back before the internet was the internet and FidoNet was how people connected globally over a closed system. He had a hand in the transformation of the credit card industry when his team notified banks that the actual PIN number for the card could be extracted from the code on the magnetic strip due to lack of encryption. In the 90s when SAP host-based computing was introduced, Elmar saw the business opportunities it opened up and approached IBM with the idea of combining html and business. Backed by IBM, he produced a proof of concept and eBusiness took off. His ideas led him to manage global IT projects at IBM and he had a successful career there, while still persisting to maintain a technical role.
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About Eperi: Eperi is a software company based in Germany that provides open source cloud-based IT security solutions.
Matthias Einig
Founder & CEO of Rencore
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About Rencore: Rencore is a GRC SaaS provider, helping organizations to stay in control of their Microsoft 365 cloud.
Michael Kaufmann
CEO of Xpirit
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About Xpirit: Leading IT specialists in Microsoft Application Lifecycle Management, Cloud, Enterprise Mobility & Security.
Kai Horsting
Founder, Visionary & CEO of Mamooble
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About Mamooble: Mamooble simplifies group payments.
Andrea Pfundmeier
CEO of Secomba GmbH | Boxcryptor
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About Secomba GmbH | Boxcryptor: Boxcryptor is encryption software that protects mission-critical data from internal and external attackers.
Alexander Benoit
CEO of dinext. Group
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About dinext. Group: Dinext.Group is a full-service IT consulting company that provides businesses with tailor-made services related to digitization.
Philipp Müller
Co-founder and CEO of Signatrix
Experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting and start-up industry. Repeated speaker at industry events regarding retail, automation and AI. Untreated, two-decade long technology addiction, skilled in Startups, Innovation, Data and Web Technology. Economist by training.
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About Signatrix: Remaking Retail – Connecting with security cameras, we use Artificial Intelligence to analyse whatever is happening in retail stores.
Benedikt Seuss
Founder and CEO of BS2 Sicherheitssysteme
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About BS2 Sicherheitssysteme: BS2 Sicherheitssysteme GmbH is a manufacturer of innovative sensor technology for monitoring corrosion and moisture in buildings.
Benedikt Seuss
Founder and CEO of BS2 Sicherheitssysteme
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About BS2 Sicherheitssysteme: BS2 Sicherheitssysteme GmbH is a manufacturer of innovative sensor technology for monitoring corrosion and moisture in buildings.
Rolf Brilla
CEO of ProComp Professional Computer
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About ProComp Professional Computer: ProComp Professional Computer is a computer company based in Marktredwitz.
Rolf Brilla
CEO of ProComp Professional Computer
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About ProComp Professional Computer: ProComp Professional Computer is a computer company based in Marktredwitz.