Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Experienced technologist, advisor, manager, author, keynote speaker, and entrepreneur with an extensive software background in AI and nine years in CEO roles. Always breaking new tech ground. A driven and creative generalist who knows technology and how to get the best out of people. At Software Improvement Group, Rob established the security & privacy and AI practices. He frequently speaks and writes on these topics, on which he is CSSLP and CPEH certified. Rob spearheads global collaboration in AI standardisation with ISO, IEEE, NCSC, CIP, OWASP, CEN/CENELEC, NEN, ENISA, and SANS. 1. Elected co-editor of the AI Act security standard(preEN18282), at CEN/CLC JTC 21/WG 5 2. Founder of the OWASP flagship project AI Exchange, and creator of the liaison partnership between CEN/CLC and OWASP, democratising security standardization 3. Writing group leader for ISO/IEC 5338 on AI system lifecycle 4. Co-author of "Advancing software security in the EU" - ENISA 5. Initiator of the Common Requirement Enumeration movement at opencre.org 6. Expert member and author for ISO/IEC 27090 and 27091 on AI security and privacy 7. Author of "Agile guidance" as part of the OWASP SAMM standard 8. Co-author of "Grip on Secure Software Development" - CIP 9. Co-lead of the OWASP Standard Integration Project 10. Author of the SIG AI readiness guide 11. Co-author of 'Luna and the magic AI paintbrush' Tags: AI, software engineering, security, privacy, big data, information retrieval, system architecture, artificial intelligence, agile, ultra cycling Resources for the above: 2. owaspai.org and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABmWHnFrMqI or https://owaspai.org/media/ 3. ISO/IEC 5338 at https://www.softwareimprovementgroup.com/iso-5338-get-to-know-the-global-standard-on-ai-systems 4. ‘Advancing software security in the EU’ at https://www.enisa.europa.eu/publications/advancing-software-security-through-the-eu-certification-framework 5. http://www.opencre.org and https://youtu.be/TwNroVARmB0?si=QFrCnC2_LbeZRNLO&t=34 7. Agile secure software development: https://owaspsamm.org/guidance/agile and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGuj_ws-Xzw 8. Grip on Secure Software Development at https://cip-overheid.nl/productcategorieen-en-workshops/?type=Secure+Software 9. https://owasp.org/www-project-integration-standards/ 10. https://www.softwareimprovementgroup.com/ai-readiness-guide/ 11. https://seriouslysimplebooks.com Also: Studio podcast on AI security: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSSGK2HJPoo Dubai keynote on AI risk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbtIccHgrNA
As Chief AI Officer at SIG my main responsibilities are global thought leadership, advisory and innovation. I have established the SIG practices for security, privacy, and AI, and I'm involved in global initiatives to mature these fields, helping many organisations to understand what their risks are and how they can take control over security, privacy and algorithms in their software.
Responsible for leading the company, introducing agile, building a new team and innovate the AquaBrowser product.
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, pushing the state of the art in AI and big data avant la lettre, for behaviour prediction, network analysis and information retrieval, predominantly in safety and security.
Spare time project that went viral, becoming the world's first big online gaming website (over 1 Mio active players). Co-founder, business developer, spokesperson, event organizer, programmer, managing over 300 volunteers with the other two owners.
Joined as AI software engineer and developed what would become the company's flagship product DataDetective. Became development manager later and then joined the management team as CTO.