Summary
Jens Bothe is a seasoned information security leader with 18+ years of experience in IT, security, and global consulting, currently serving as Vice President Information Security at OTRS Group. He designs and operationalizes corporate security strategy across international subsidiaries, including a virtual SOC, a recognized PSIRT, and company-wide vulnerability and privacy programs. As Product Owner for STORM powered by OTRS, he blends product strategy with hands-on architecture and integration work to deliver a specialized security incident management platform. His career spans technical roots in system administration and data center planning to senior consulting and global delivery roles, giving him both operational depth and strategic oversight. A long-time volunteer leader in the German Lifesaving Association, he brings crisis-response experience and tactical medicine certifications to his resilience and incident preparedness approach.
18 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer