Frank Baalbergen
CISO at Siemens Digital Industries Software
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolFrank Baalbergen is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with 12 years of experience, currently serving as CISO at Siemens Digital Industries Software after leading Mendix’s security organization through multiple stages of growth and compliance transition. He directs a team of 30+ professionals across information security, certifications, product classification and procurement, blending governance and hands-on technical oversight to protect customer data and ensure continuity. Frank’s background spans DevOps and consulting roles, giving him practical expertise in secure engineering, risk management and audit-ready controls. He contributes to open source networking tooling—improving IPv6 support and robustness in the Keepalived project—illustrating a continued affinity for low-level systems work. Based in The Hague, he combines pragmatic security programs with a builder’s mindset, able to translate complex technical requirements into operational, auditable processes.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Information Technology, Bachelor's degree Information Technology at Hogeschool Leiden
English, Dutch
Github Skills (14)
keepalived10
c1710
c1110
ipv610
rpt10
keep-alive10
network-programming9
http8
daemon8
high-availability8
daemons8
infrastructure7
cprogramming-language5
c-language5
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
acassen/keepalived
Nov 2013 - Jan 2015
Keepalived
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:25 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Frank contributed to the Keepalived project by addressing several issues and implementing new features. Their work included modifying the `check_http.c` and `check_http.h` files to handle IPv6 addresses correctly, as well as enhancing the `genhash` utility with IPv6 support. Additionally, they improved the code's robustness by adding checks for undefined variables and implementing default values, while also refactoring formatting for code consistency. Furthermore, the user fixed a bug in the VRRP state and added a check to notify the user of state changes.
system-administrationprotocolnetlinkvrrpbfd
frankbb/evaluation-guide
Nov 2019 - Jan 2021
Mendix Evaluation Guide
Contributions:2 pushes, 12 branches in 1 year 1 month
mendixrecallevaluation
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