Summary
Margus Freudenthal is a seasoned development manager and security architect with 15+ years at Cybernetica, where he helped design the X-Road e-government backbone and now leads the Unified eXchange Platform used from Ukraine to Japan. He combines deep cryptographic and interoperability expertise with hands-on product leadership, guiding teams that built digital signature, time-stamping, and privacy-preserving systems that underpin national e-governance. A PhD-trained computer scientist and former software architect, he has repeatedly translated abstract security requirements into pragmatic, long-lived architectures—for example, customs and timestamping platforms still in production after a decade. Margus is often the first technical contact for customers, blending clear communication with precise, abstract thinking to solve complex cross-border integration problems. He also teaches and writes standards, and outside work pursues adventure racing and teaches kendo, reflecting a disciplined, team-focused approach both on and off the job.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Informatics, MSc, Informatics at Tallinn University of Technology
PhD, Computer Science, PhD, Computer Science at University of Tartu
Estonian, English, Finnish, Russian