- development of evaluation and certification services for artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML)
- business development hardware evaluation, e.g. post quantum security (PQC), or Secure Firmware Updater
- technical sales support
Summary
- Mathematician and computer scientist with work experience as IT security expert and IT consultant
- Focus topics: information security, cyber security and data protection
Work experience and employment
TÜV Informationstechnik GmbH (TÜV IT), TÜV NORD GROUP
Essen • Germany • https://tuvit.de
Product Manager
Senior IT Security Expert/Consultant
- development of evaluation and certification services for artificial intelligence (AI) / machine learning (ML)
- business development hardware evaluation, e.g. post quantum security (PQC), or Secure Firmware Updater
- technical sales support
- source code review (hardware-related, e.g. Boot-ROM, firmware) to detect physical attack potential (e.g. side channel attacks, fault injection attacks)
- source code review (high-level, e.g. implementations of cryptographic algorithms)
PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (PwC)
Düsseldorf • Germany • https://pwc.de
Senior Associate (Technology Consulting / CIO Advisory)
- support for the redesign of an Information Security Management System (ISMS) wrt. ISO/IEC 27000 family of standards and special consideration of data protection requirements in the global IT of a car OEM
- development of a new ISMS cryptography policy for a pharma company
- support for the analysis and documentation of business processes during the implementation of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the sales department of a car OEM
- support for the implementation of the GDPR for an international mobility provider
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt • Germany • https://www.tu-darmstadt.de
Postdoctoral Researcher (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) in IT Security
- teaching of basics in cryptography and IT security (creation and editing of lecture material, exercises, exams as well as giving the lectures)
- recruitment and mentoring of a new team of student teaching assistants
- international collaboration with scientists in Germany and Italy
- referee for several international conference submissions
PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (PwC)
Düsseldorf • Germany • https://pwc.de
Senior Consultant (Technology Consulting / CIO Advisory)
- technology and IT consulting with focus on the automotive industry
- IT project management in an international post merger integration
- negotiation of an IT Transitional Services Agreement in an international post merger integration
- revision of a market sizing model in a connected car study
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Duisburg • Germany • https://www.uni-due.de
Research and Teaching Assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) in Theoretical Computer Science
- international collaborations with scientists in France, Italy, the Netherlands
- speaker at various international conferences and workshops (Barbados, India, Germany, France, Netherlands, Poland, Estonia, Portugal, UK)
- teaching (exercises, tutorials, exams, thesis supervision)
- referee for several international conference and journal submissions
Henning Kerstan und Roman Ortmann GbR
Duisburg • Germany
Small Business Owner (Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter)
- sound and light equipment for small events (concerts, sport events, proms, weddings, birthdays)
- IT support for individuals and local medium-sized companies
- website development (Typo3, WordPress) and hosting
- software development (Objective-C on iOS and Mac OS X)
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Duisburg • Germany • https://www.uni-due.de
Student Research and Teaching Assistant (Studentische Hilfskraft)
- C++ prototype implementation of an algorithm for solving a scheduling problem in steel production
- teaching (exercises)
Education
PhD in Computer Science (summa cum laude)
Universität Duisburg-Essen • Duisburg • Germany • https://www.uni-due.de
- degree: Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)
- topic: algebraic modeling and behavior analysis of transition systems
- Award for the best PhD thesis of the faculty of engineering (Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften) in 2016/17
Diplom in Mathematics (1.0)
Universität Duisburg-Essen • Duisburg • Germany • https://www.uni-due.de
- degree: Diplom-Mathematiker (Dipl.-Math.)
- specialization: algebra, cryptography, operations research
- minor: computer science
Abitur (1.0)
Landfermann-Gymnasium • Duisburg • Germany • https://landfermann.de
- bilingual education in German and English
- development of a network application (VisualBasic 6.0) for the school’s weather station
Publications
Below is a short overview of my publications. For a more detailed overview including short summaries, please go to my online list of publications (https://henningkerstan.de/en/publications).