Gunter Ollmann drives Devo’s overall security strategy, leads the threat research team and ensures Devo continues to deliver security innovation.
He has more than three decades of information security experience from a variety of cybersecurity consulting and research roles. Prior to Devo, he spent more than four years leading the cross-pillar strategy for the Cloud and AI security groups at Microsoft, which was heavily involved in launching Azure Sentinel. Prior to Microsoft, he was CSO at Vectra AI, driving new research and innovation into machine learning and AI-based threat detection of insider threats.
Ollmann previously held chief technology officer (CTO) roles at cybersecurity companies, including NCC Group, IOActive, and Damballa. He also served as chief security strategist at IBM, where he built and led the well-known and highly regarded X-Force team. He is a widely acclaimed authority on security issues and technologies and has researched, written and published hundreds of technical papers. He also holds multiple patents.
