I am a cybersecurity, networking and IoT strategist. I am the CTO of SmartAvatar B.V. Netherlands and VehicleAvatar Inc. USA, IEEE VTS Board of Governor Elected Member & VP Membership. I am also full Professor at Professor at Department of Business Development and Technology (BTech), Aarhus University.

Throughout my career I have been driving business and technology innovation, from incubation to prototyping to validation and currently I am an entrepreneur and consultant in Silicon Valley. I have made my way up the “waves of secure communication technology by contributing to the most groundbreaking and commercial inventions. I have general management, leadership and technology skills, having worked for service providers and technology companies in various key leadership roles. I am the advisory board member for the European Commission H2020 projects and also a vice chair and patronage chair of IEEE Communication Society Globecom/ICC Management & Strategy Committee (COMSOC GIMS) and Chair of the Marketing, Strategy and IEEE Staff Liaison Group.

I have led global teams of researchers across multiple technical areas and projects in Japan, India, throughout Europe and USA and have been involved in numerous research and development projects. I have also led multiple EU projects such as CRUISE, LIFE 2.0, ASPIRE, etc. as project coordinator and PI where I have played key roles from concept to implementation to standardization. My strong commitment to operational excellence, innovative approach to business and technological problems and aptitude for partnering cross-functionally across the industry have reshaped and elevated my role as project coordinator making me a preferred partner in multinational and European Commission project consortiums.

I have published 4 books on IoT and WiFi, many book chapters, peer-reviewed international journal papers and over 200 international conference papers.