Operational Management Team

Gerd PfeifferCEO
  • Studied Electrical Engineering at Braunschweig University of Technology, Germany

  • More than 9 years of experience in FPGA based computer engineering and practical cryptanalysis

  • More than a dozen peer-reviewed scientific publications and invited talks

Stefan BaumgartChief Hardware Engineer
  • Previous academic positions with Braunschweig University of Technology and Kiel University, taught graduate practical laboratory courses in FPGA programming and digital design

  • More than 12 years of experience in FPGA based computer engineering and practical cryptanalysis

  • More than a dozen peer-reviewed scientific publications and invited talks

Jost BisselChief Software Architect
  • Studied Computer Science at University of Kiel in Germany

  • More than 9 years of experience in practical cryptanalysis and software development for high-performance parallel computing

  • Book publication, invited talk and scientific publications in the fields of Reconfigurable Computing and Bioinformatics

Tim PietruckVice President Customer Solutions
  • MBA from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University in The Netherlands

  • More than 14 years of experience in IT sales & marketing in biosciences, IT-security and HPC

  • Extended stays abroad in Australia, Mexico, Switzerland, The Netherlands, USA

Non-Executive Directors

Dr. Hagen Hultzsch
Former Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Telekom AG
Gerhard Schindler
Former President of the Bundesnachrichtendienst
Friedhelm Theis
Former Officer of the German Armed Forces and former Executive of Deutsche Telekom/T-Systems