Marco Ulgelmo is a Head of Information Security & Data Privacy based in Amsterdam with a solid track record of building security programs for startups and scale-ups, including roles securing IoT fleets, API products serving 1.5 billion users, and a CE-marked autonomous medical device. He blends hands-on technical expertise—penetration testing, cloud and application security, SSDLC—with strategic governance, compliance (ISO 27001, SOC2) and privacy leadership across regulated environments. Marco excels at translating complex regulatory and product requirements into pragmatic, auditable controls while keeping engineering velocity intact. He maintains a multidisciplinary mindset and continuous learning habit that inform both architecture decisions and security culture. Unusually for a security leader, he has deep operational experience from early software development through CISO responsibilities, enabling him to bridge product, engineering and compliance teams effectively.
4 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Università degli Studi di Padova
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Marco Ulgelmo - Head Of Information Security & Data Privacy