Robert Svensson
Security Program And Risk Manager at Flix
Germany
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Robert Svensson is a Security Program and Risk Manager with nine years of focused experience shaping enterprise cyber risk governance and security strategy at Flix and FlixBus. He combines hands-on security engineering roots—founding Das Malwerk to provide daily malware feeds to the community—with product ownership experience driving security as a product across large-scale transportation services. Comfortable bridging technical and business audiences, he previously managed IT security at Telefónica NEXT and contributed backend code to the widely used Home Assistant open-source project, improving device integrations and sensor support. Based in Germany with a computer science background from Stockholm University, he blends practical SOC and consultancy experience with strategic program leadership. An avid home automation enthusiast, he often prioritizes building backend functionality over finishing his own smart-home projects, underscoring a pragmatic, curious engineering mindset.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, computer science, Bachelor's degree, computer science at Stockholms universitet
English, German, Swahili, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian
Github Skills (6)
home-assistant10
zigbee10
python10
iot9
json6
github6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
May 2017 - Jan 2023
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1662 reviews, 742 commits, 1396 PRs in 5 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Robert's contributions focused on fixing and improving the deCONZ integration within the Home Assistant core repository, specifically related to controlling devices. Their work involved modifying code in the `deconz/cover.py` file, which likely involved adding functionality for controlling level controllable output controls. Further, the user implemented changes to the `deconz/sensor.py` file to support new particulate matter endpoints. Additionally, the user made improvements and refactoring within the deCONZ core, as well as adding support for a LIDL Christmas light effect.
home-automationpythoniotinternet-of-thingsmqtt
Kane610/aiounifi
Sep 2018 - Jan 2023
Asynchronous library to communicate with Unifi Controller
Contributions:28 releases, 167 reviews, 210 commits in 4 years 5 months
asynchronous
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