Building from zero
Establishing security functions, developing teams, setting priorities, and taking ownership from initial assessment through sustainable operations.
17+ YEARS IN CYBERSECURITY / LEADERSHIP & ARCHITECTURE
Building security
for what's next.
Head of Information Security with 17+ years of experience across banking, financial technology, software and infrastructure security, and AI/HPC environments. I build security functions, teams, and layered defenses — from strategy to execution.
17+ years across cybersecurity0 → 1 security program buildingAI / HPC + Finance cross-industry experience
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BASED IN FRANKFURT, GERMANY
01 / ABOUT ME
Experience across industries.
Security built to last.
From securing software and infrastructure in financial environments to leading information security for AI and HPC infrastructure.
I'm an information security leader with more than 17 years of experience spanning banking and financial services, application and software infrastructure security, enterprise security, and large-scale AI and HPC environments.
My career has taken me from technical security engineering and architecture to establishing and leading security programs. I've built and developed security teams, translated business risk into practical controls, and helped organizations move from fragmented activities to structured, measurable security capabilities.
As Head of Information Security, my remit includes security strategy, ISMS ownership, ISO 27001 governance, audit readiness, operational security, vendor assurance, and executive engagement. My approach combines leadership with a hands-on understanding of how controls are designed, implemented, and operated.
Whether an organization is starting its security function from zero or scaling an existing program, I focus on creating an operating model that supports the business — not a collection of tools and policies that exists only on paper.
Beyond compliance. Toward real security maturity.
EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICE
Audit & assurance leadership
Years of working with security assessments and audits, including ISO 27001 certification and surveillance activities, control evidence, remediation, and management reviews.
Defense in depth
Connecting application security, infrastructure hardening, identity, monitoring, vulnerability management, and secure engineering into a coherent architecture.
02 / EXPERTISE
Where strategy
meets execution.
A multidisciplinary background spanning strategic leadership, financial-sector technology, architecture, governance, and hands-on security delivery.
01
Security Leadership & Program Building
Establishing information security functions from the ground up: defining strategy, governance, operating models, roadmaps, executive reporting, and teams that can deliver.
02
Security Architecture & Engineering
Designing and implementing layered security across applications, infrastructure, identity, privileged access, cloud-native platforms, and software delivery pipelines.
03
AI, HPC & Data Center Security
Securing GPU-intensive infrastructure, high-performance networks, enterprise platforms, and the operational environments that support AI at scale.
04
Banking, Financial Services & Application Security
A foundation in financial-sector technology security, including application and software infrastructure security, secure development, and risk-driven engineering.
05
Governance, Assurance & Regulatory Readiness
Leading ISO 27001 governance and audits, managing evidence and control maturity, and working across assurance requirements and frameworks including SOC 2, PCI DSS, and NIS2.
06
Security Operations & Transformation
Building defense in depth through SOC and SIEM capabilities, vulnerability management, endpoint controls, Zero Trust, PAM, DevSecOps, and continuous improvement.
03 / INSIGHTS & SPEAKING
Sharing lessons from
the field.
Perspectives informed by 17+ years across application security, financial services, enterprise transformation, and AI infrastructure.
Writing & insights
I write about security architecture, AI infrastructure, governance, defense in depth, security transformation, and lessons learned from building real-world programs.
Explore my LinkedIn postsSpeaking & collaboration
Available for conversations on security leadership, building security functions, assurance and architecture, AI infrastructure, and practical approaches to organizational resilience.
Start a conversation04 / MENTORSHIP
Knowledge matters
when it is shared.
I believe in making cybersecurity knowledge more accessible. Through mentoring and community engagement, I share practical experience with early-career and experienced professionals, including career development, security engineering, and building stronger security practices.
Get in touch about mentorshipMY PERSPECTIVE
“Security should enable ambition —
not stand in its way.”
05 / CONTACT
Let's build
what's next.
Open to conversations about security leadership, building security programs and teams, security architecture, AI infrastructure, mentoring, and speaking opportunities.