Marko J is a seasoned information security leader with 17+ years of hands-on and senior leadership experience across academia, enterprise, and the software industry, now serving as Head of Information Security at Aurora Energy Research. He blends deep technical roots in systems and software engineering with MBA-trained business acumen to drive pragmatic security programs and embed strong security culture across organisations. Previously he led security operations and incident response at the University of Oxford and built counter-threat capabilities and principal cyber practice at the LEGO Group. An open-source enthusiast and hacker, he pairs practical engineering with research experience and a penchant for marine conservation and hobby cookery that keeps his thinking cross-disciplinary. He is direct with vendor engagement—prefer concise, respectful outreach that demonstrates you read his note (keyword: FENCE LATTICE #3185)—a small signal that often separates productive conversations from noise.
17 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Strategic Management, Strategic Management at Ontario Tech University
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Security Centric Business Administration, Management and Operations, Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Security Centric Business Administration, Management and Operations at University of Mannheim
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Universität des Saarlandes
Computational Molecular Biology, Computational Molecular Biology at University of Helsinki
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