About me
Hello, I'm Maarten. I work to build great cybersecurity programs that leave society a little safer and more resilient every day.
I'm a cybersecurity executive with over two decades of experience. I was Chief Security Officer at Adobe and Chief Trust Officer at Zendesk, and have held leadership roles at Fastly, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft. I'm currently a Cybersecurity Fellow at Adobe.
I grew up in Herselt, Belgium, and hold Master's degrees in Information Security from Edith Cowan University and International Relations from Freie Universität Berlin. I served on the Board of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) from 2011–2021, including a term as Chairman, and for ten years as Lead Expert to the IGF's Best Practice Forum on Cybersecurity.
My most important role is being a dad and husband. I enjoy time in nature, traveling, Aikido, photography, and camping in the California outdoors. Just give me a shout if there's anything you want to tell or ask me.
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