Experience
25 Years Building & Leading
From hands-on engineering to regional executive leadership, a career built on maintaining technical depth while expanding strategic and organizational capability.
Career Highlights
Principal Consultant
Independent Practice ·
Technology consulting specializing in enterprise architecture, security, and digital transformation across Europe and the Middle East. Combining strategic advisory with hands-on technical delivery.
- → Enterprise architecture and security consulting across Europe and the Middle East
- → Strategic advisory, architecture reviews, and transformation program leadership
- → Built dethernety — in-house threat modeling platform powering security engagements
Senior Consultant / Architect
EUROCONTROL iNM Program (via ATOS) · Brussels, Belgium
Senior technical consultant and architect for EUROCONTROL's integrated Network Management program, modernizing legacy aviation control systems to cloud-native architecture across European airspace management.
- → Delivered operational support architecture designs and PoCs for observability, CMDB integration, and distributed system monitoring
- → Served as Acting Head of DevOps, establishing operational routines and cloud infrastructure practices
- → Worked at the intersection of safety-critical aviation systems and modern cloud-native approaches
Regional Security Director
CETIN · CEE Region
Led security across four countries in the CEE region, reporting directly to CEO with dotted line to Group CISO. Built and scaled regional security operations serving telecom infrastructure with 10M+ subscribers.
- → Standardized security technology across 4 countries, reducing operational complexity by 40%
- → Established and scaled regional Security Operations Center
- → Developed and executed 3-year regional security strategy aligned to business objectives
- → Led cross-functional team of 25+ security professionals across multiple countries
Security Director
TnCO (Telenor Common Operation) · CEE Region
Rebuilt security organization from ground up, establishing comprehensive security service portfolio. Led security workstream for major corporate spin-off project spanning technical, financial, and organizational transformation.
- → Ground-up organizational design completed in less than a year
- → Led security stream for CETIN corporate spin-off from Telenor CEE
- → Achieved ISO 27001 certification and 99.9% security compliance
- → Direct CEO reporting, participating in executive decision-making
Head of Information Security
Telenor Hungary · Hungary
Built cybersecurity team and designed security architecture for enterprise infrastructure supporting 100+ business applications.
- → Built team of 10 specialists with clear roles and career development paths
- → Championed infrastructure-as-code methodology, improving deployment speed by 70%
Senior IT/IS Architect & Lead Information Security Architect
TnCO · Hungary
Developed Enterprise Information Security Architecture framework and led security integration for major transformation projects.
- → Established design principles adopted company-wide
- → Provided security expertise across 20+ IT projects
- → Mentored junior architects and established center of excellence
Earlier experience includes progressive roles at Telenor, Pannon GSM, and founding Pentaware Kft. (2010-2012) delivering custom software solutions. International assignment in Ireland (2001) for ESat Digifone OSS implementation.
Technical Depth
Current, hands-on capability I apply to client work — not historical knowledge.
Security
- Enterprise security architecture
- Threat modeling (STRIDE, MITRE ATT&CK)
- Zero Trust design and implementation
- Security operations (SIEM, SOAR)
- Governance, risk, and compliance
Cloud & Infrastructure
- AWS (primary), multi-cloud strategy
- Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible)
- Observability (Elastic, OpenTelemetry)
- Network architecture and protocols
Development
- Full-stack (Vue.js, NestJS, GraphQL)
- Python, Go, TypeScript, Java
- Graph databases (Neo4j, Memgraph)
- AI/ML integration (LangGraph, LangChain)
- API design and microservices
Frameworks & Methods
- ISO 27001/27002, SABSA
- ITIL, IT4IT
- Enterprise Architecture (ArchiMate, BPMN)
- DevSecOps practices
- Agile/Scrum delivery
In-House Platform
dethernety
A graph-native, modular, AI-powered threat modeling platform. Solo-built from concept to production, leveraging MITRE ATT&CK and D3FEND frameworks. Production code that powers the security work I deliver.
Education
2010
MSc, Business Development
Óbuda University, Budapest
Dissertation: Development of Quality Management Systems
2007
BSc, Engineering Management
Budapest TECH
Project Management specialization
2000
Computer Systems Software Developer
Számalk, Budapest
Certifications
- ITIL V3 Foundation
- SABSA Chartered Security Architect
- ScotWork Negotiation
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