Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
After building and leading comprehensive security programs at Skype, Microsoft, Skyscanner and Miro, I have now founded Ascensis.io to provide strategic cybersecurity leadership to organizations seeking enterprise-grade security expertise right-sized for their growth stage. My journey spans both offensive security and building enterprise defense programs, giving me a unique dual perspective that enhances threat anticipation while designing practical security solutions. I partner with technology companies, startups, and high-growth scale-ups to develop and execute pragmatic security strategies across critical domains: - Product Security & Secure SDLC implementation - Cloud Security architecture and governance - Detection & Response program development - AI Security and implementation Throughout my career, I've built security practices from the ground up—establishing teams, processes, and technologies that scale with business needs. I've also created custom security automation tools and contributed to open source security projects that are still actively used today. For startups and scale-ups, I bring Fortune 500 security leadership with implementation approaches tailored to your growth stage. My flexible engagement model ensures you build security foundations that support rather than hinder your rapid growth trajectory. Currently accepting select engagements with organizations looking to strengthen their security posture or navigate complex security transformations and growth milestones. While headquartered in Barcelona, Ascensis operates on a remote-first model, serving clients globally with particular focus on the European market.
I provide strategic cybersecurity leadership to technology companies, startups, and scale-ups, helping them: - Develop comprehensive security strategies aligned with business objectives and growth stage - Build and mature security programs across product, cloud, and AI domains - Establish right-sized security governance frameworks and risk management processes - Navigate complex security challenges, transformations, and growth milestones Core offerings include: - Fractional CISO/Security Leadership - Security Program Development & Maturity Assessments - Product & Cloud Security Strategy - AI Security and Governance - Custom Security Automation & Tooling - Compliance readiness - Deliver targeted security implementation support for critical initiatives My approach combines enterprise security expertise with hands-on practical implementation, drawing on my 25+ years of experience including both offensive security and building defensive programs at companies like Microsoft, Skype, Skyscanner, and Miro.
A community comprised of cybersecurity leaders and experts, with exposure to early-stage (Seed/ Series A) start-ups and innovation, access to private investment opportunities, leveraging domain expertise and connections to assess and contribute to the success of early stage cybersecurity ventures.
Joined Miro to help secure the future of collaboration, I will be focusing on Product Security, Appsec, Cloud and Platform Security.
Advising FrontM team on Platform and Product security
Solving security at scale at one of Europe’s largest consumer Internet companies. Created and delivering the security strategy across all disciplines (Product, Operations, Enterprise, Platform, Automation and Risk). Created a people-centric, risk and data driven security program at Skyscanner to transform the security culture. Building high performance security teams distributed in multiple countries.
Leading the Product Security Engineering team, focusing on applications and services security throughout the entire lifecycle.