Daniel Hovie
Chief Technology Officer at Nexufend GmbH
Austria
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Top SchoolDaniel Hovie is a seasoned technology leader and founder with eight years of hands-on experience in network security and privacy engineering, currently serving as CTO and Co-Founder of Nexufend in Austria. He previously co-founded and led Safing as CTO for seven years, moving research-grade security concepts from AIT Austrian Institute of Technology into product-ready network privacy and nano-segmentation solutions. Daniel blends deep IT-security academics with practical startup execution, focusing on effortless network nano-segmentation and privacy-first tooling. Known for turning academic research into commercially viable, user-friendly products, he balances strategic architecture with day-to-day engineering and go-to-market priorities.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, IT-Security, Bachelor of Science - BS, IT-Security at Fachhochschule St Pölten
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Github Skills (200)
atom-editor10
programming-language10
reverse-proxy10
mass10
http10
firewall10
interpreter10
security10
dns10
extensible10
webserver10
traffic10
installers10
linux10
acme10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
mycoria/mycoria
Jan 2024 - Mar 2025
Mycoria is an open and secure overlay network that connects all participants. It values freedom of connectivity and aims to imitate the curious and adventurous spirit of the early Internet.
Contributions:2 releases, 2 PRs, 27 pushes in 1 year 1 month
meshmesh-networkmycoriavpnzero-trust-network
safing/portmaster-packaging
Aug 2019 - Nov 2022
Portmaster packages and installers
Contributions:8 releases, 15 reviews, 45 commits in 3 years 3 months
installers
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