Michael Nijs
Founder at Secure Code Warrior
Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Nijs is a founder and seasoned information security leader with 12+ years of experience building risk-aware, automation-driven platforms for CISOs. He founded Maiky to combine automated data collection, AI-driven smart actions, and policy/risk management into customizable dashboards that give executives transparent, actionable views of their infosec programs. Previously he served as CISO and security director roles across media, finance, and SaaS (Collibra, DPG Media, MobileXpense), and advises security and RegTech startups. Michael blends hands-on program delivery—ISO 27001 advisory work and incident support for large user populations—with product thinking to reduce noise and let teams focus on building solutions. Based in Leuven, Belgium, he also runs an independent consultancy (E4H), showing a pattern of moving between operator, advisor and founder roles. He’s notable for turning compliance and risk data into automated workflows that translate security posture into business-ready metrics.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Bachelor Informatics, Professional Bachelor Informatics at Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven
French, Dutch, English
Github Skills (8)
shield4
rails3
ruby3
ruby-on-rails3
bluetooth2
bluetooth-low-energy2
arduino2
android2
Github contributions (5)
michaelnijs/BluetoothDemo
Sep 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 1 month
bluetoothbleandroidbluetooth-low-energyarduino
michaelnijs/slackbot
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
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