Germany
IEC 62443 Cybersecurity Expert | CISSP OT cybersecurity is becoming the foundation of enterprise resilience as industrial environments evolve into connected, software-driven ecosystems. I help organizations make confident, defensible decisions where cybersecurity, safety, and operational risk converge. With over a decade of experience across industrial and critical infrastructure sectors, I focus on securing complex environments while enabling organizations to operate, scale, and transform with confidence. At Rockwell Automation in EMEA, I operate as a senior consultant and solution leader, supporting initiatives from early design through execution. I translate complex OT cyber risk into clear, actionable guidance for engineers, executives, and auditors. Previously at Siemens, I held global roles as an OT cybersecurity consultant and product owner, contributing to the development and scaling of industrial security capabilities including assessments, vulnerability management, and managed services aligned to IEC 62443 and ISO 27001. My work is focused on the next phase of OT cybersecurity: • Embedding cybersecurity into operational and enterprise risk models • Moving from point solutions to integrated cyber-physical security platforms • Structuring capabilities into scalable, repeatable service models • Connecting cyber risk directly to business outcomes and decision making I bring a pragmatic, standards-driven approach focused on outcomes, helping organizations improve resilience without compromising safety, availability, or business objectives. The organizations that succeed will not be those with the most tools. They will be those that can operationalize security at scale and turn it into a business enabler. This is what I focus on and am passionate about.
Services and Technologies: IDS, Secure Remote Access, NGFW, OT Risk Assessments, Network Assessment/Design, EDR Services, Incident Response, Penetration Testing, Threat Detection Managed Services, ETO OT SOC services Leading solution development by understanding/leveraging strategic business initiatives and KPIs: --Articulation of differentiators and values for designated products, services, and solutions. --Cross-functional liaison, resolving complex situations in a global organization to facilitate effective communication and collaboration among account management, sales, portfolio, commercial, and delivery teams. Lead, manage and collaborate with multiple teams to achieve desired outcomes: --Interfacing with Business Development Executives, Sales, Consultants, SMEs to assess and respond to IT/OT, engineering, consulting, project, and support service opportunities --Negotiates customers’ needs and constraints to effectively position quotes achieving desired outcomes for both sides. Resulting in new business blueprints for EPC projects. Support/Manage project processes: --Bid request, information gathering, scope definition, solution design, costing and approval flows. --Supported creation of global project estimation collateral enabling rapid scaling of cyber security business growth. Advisory and Management: --Governance Board member for all Cybersecurity Offerings. --Influences customers and business leadership up to executive level through delivery of presentations/demonstrations with confidence and composure. Leading presales activities for new and existing customers: --Development of custom engineered to order solutions based on customer requirements. --Strategy development of OT Digital Transformation activities. --Resolves knowledge gaps helping customers prioritize solution roadmaps. --Implements strategic decisions enabling selling of highly complex solutions
Service Excellence Award winner for 2019 presented by Digital Industries and Customer Services CEO. Technical expert for OT Asset/Vulnerability Scanning Services. Enable and manage development team in development and delivery of product releases. Define and implement development and release processes and pipelines. Define requirements and what features can be developed and derive estimations for development activities. Create and implement product innovation measures ensuring product is state of the art and future-proof. Define and organize product development activities in coordination with project management stakeholders and development team(s). Responsible for on time delivery of project development activities. Ensure compliance to and work within defined Product Life-Cycle Management processes.
Development/Deployment of Regional Siemens Field Service Engineer training's for Next Generation Firewall platforms. Delivery management of NGFW platform for industry customers. Development and piloting of tools to enable rapid scaling of OT Security Business. Delivery of Plant Security consultation services. Continuous Regional post sales support and consultation. Offer & ordering preparation and management. Global operational support for: ICS Assessments, Consulting Services, Industrial Security Monitoring, Next Generation and Automation Firewalls and Industrial Security Monitoring Systems. Assessment professional for IEC 62443 and ISO 27001. Development of new ICS Assessment infrastructure / ISMS. Definition and execution of Pilot and POC programs for new development projects.
Develop, maintain customer facing Managed Services for centrally managed firewall platforms deployed globally. Developed software tools resulting in significant operational cost savings for migration of static firewalls to Next Generation Firewall platforms. Development of Cyber Security Operations Center processes and workflows. Define infrastructure Service Level Agreements. Develop and analyze solution scenarios in virtualized and Hardware environments. Provide process leadership and definition across the organization. Service improvement planning, execution and managing operational KPI’s Implemented Agile/Scrum methodologies and practices across the organization resulting in marked KPI improvements (Transparency, planning and on time execution and delivery)
Automated system regression testing of Tractor ECU, reducing test time by three weeks yielding significant engineering cost savings. Identified and performed controller level software updates and fixes. Collaborated internationally (Germany/India) with engineers to perform software integration across multiple product lines. Provided mission critical factory line engineering support minimizing line downtime. Delivered engineering solutions supporting new/prototype product deployments. Designed/implemented Tractor-Cab/Implement test station supporting tractor/implement reconfigurable controls resulting in significant engineering and manufacturing cost savings. Appointed and served as Scrum Master of Machine Automation Engineering Team. Created/Maintained/Managed test and quality initiatives for Tractor/Implement Automation Group.
Implemented customer projects from requirements gathering phases through post-delivery. Delivered on-site engineering support to existing customers. Managed assembly design, manufacturing, test of 19 data-logging test systems, $200k project. Utilized LabVIEW to interface with and test customer projects.
Performed testing and troubleshooting of avionics and GPS based guidance systems. Identified critical test gaps resulting in product re-design and improved quality. Expert technical skills enabled fast uptake and delivery of solutions for multiple projects (CDU-X00, PLGR/DGR (Precision Lightweight GPS receiver) and band-pass filter banks) Gained functional experience with ARINC 400, 600, 500 Standards. Maintained and exceeded for turn-around-time (TAT) expectations. Performed troubleshooting at board level using NI TestStand Software. Product testing/troubleshooting demonstrated proficient knowledge of power supply buses, internal switching mode power supply's, RF tracking subsystems, RF propagation, digital analysis of components, signal flow, secure component and software procedures, interpreting and troubleshooting position information using both L1 and L2 with SPS and PPS.