Our GDPR consultants have extensive experience in data protection, privacy, security, and compliance projects. We have several highly recognised certifications in GDPR and have worked on projects with large corporations, startups, and NGOs.
In addition to our core team, we have a number of project based GDPR consultants we work with for specific requirements.
Core team
Silvan Jongerius
Managing Partner & DPO
With a wealth of experience in privacy and data protection, entrepreneurship, information technology, security and c-level corporate management, Silvan founded TechGDPR in 2018.
Silvan Jongerius
Managing Partner & DPO
Silvan Jongerius (CIPP/e, TÜV Datenschutzbeauftragter) is the Managing Partner and Founder of TechGDPR and has led numerous data protection and security efforts in his previous roles as CTO and divisional CIO for multinational media educators.
He is a frequent speaker, consultant, and educator in GDPR, blockchain, innovation and technology and has been involved in many (technology) startup projects as founder, advisor, or mentor. In addition he is the founder and president of BerChain e.V., a non-profit promoting Blockchain in Berlin.
Silvan has over 13 years of senior leadership experience as country manager, managing director and CTO/CIO in corporate and startup environments and is a PRINCE2, NLP and ITIL v3 practitioner.
Silvan is the Managing Partner of TechGDPR and as such is consulting on many key projects. He acts as designated DPO for TechGDPR's customers.
Alex Carroll
Data Protection Trainer & Consultant
Alex Carroll is a Data Protection Consultant and Trainer. TüV Certified Data Protection Officer (Datenschutzbeauftragter), Quality Management Officer (Qualitätsbeauftragter) and IAPP CIPP/e and CIPM.
Alex Carroll
Data Protection Trainer & Consultant
Alex Carroll (CIPM, CIPP/e) is a GDPR Trainer and Data Protection Consultant for clients at TechGDPR. Following 10 years as an adult trainer in multicultural settings, he has been specializing in quality frameworks for the last 6 years. Alex holds an MA in knowledge management and e-learning development from the Liberal Arts University of Montpellier III, a BA in quality, security and environmental management from the law University of Montpellier I, and is certified by TüV as Data Protection Officer (Datenschutzbeauftragter) and as Quality Management Officer (Qualitätsbeauftragter). He is CIPP/e and CIPM certified by the IAPP. His experience in adult education, eLearning and quality management is collected from projects in academic environments, European institutions, e-commerce companies, customer and subscriber service departments, which includes General Motors, the European Parliament, and the University of Texas.
Esthefania Vargas
Junior Consultant
Esthefania Vargas (CIPP/e) is a Colombian Attorney graduated from Externado University with a Master's degree (LLM) in International Dispute Resolution at Humboldt University (Berlin).
Esthefania Vargas
Junior Consultant
Esthefania Vargas (CIPP/e) is a Colombian Attorney graduated from Externado University with a Master's degree (LLM) in International Dispute Resolution at Humboldt University (Berlin). She has worked at private and public companies as well as law firms focusing on contract law, insurances, blockchain, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and legal technology. She joins TechGDPR as a full-time junior consultant specialising in documentation review.
Vlad Nekrutenko
Data Protection Consultant (Legal)
Vlad is a legally trained data privacy enthusiast and expert in GDPR compliance, specialised in international data transfers.
Vlad Nekrutenko
Data Protection Consultant (Legal)
Vlad Nekrutenko (CIPP/e, CIPM, FIP) is a data privacy enthusiast and expert in GDPR compliance. He has his education background in law, studying European Law at Strasbourg University (France) and Public Administration Law at Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv (Ukraine).
He joins TechGDPR as a part-time consultant specialising in international data transfers and documentation review. Vlad also works as a legal network manager and privacy specialist at Legal Nodes, a legal marketplace for tech businesses. Jointly with three other privacy experts, in 2019 he co-founded Privacy HUB, an NGO focusing on promoting privacy culture and providing data protection education. Vlad is an author of the Privacy Handbook for Startups, which gives an overview of data privacy matters in the EU, the US, and Hong Kong.
Dr. Tim Walters
GDPR Consultant, Writer & Speaker
Dr. Tim Walters is also a principal strategist and the privacy lead at The Content Advisory, as well as a founding partner of Digital Clarity Group.
Dr. Tim Walters
GDPR Consultant, Writer & Speaker
Dr. Tim Walters is also a principal strategist and the privacy lead at The Content Advisory, as well as a founding partner of Digital Clarity Group.
Previously, he was a Senior Analyst and Advisor at Forrester Research, director of international marketing and strategy for FatWire Software, and a professor at New York University. Tim’s publications include: "The GDPR Launches a New Era For Customer Experience Management," "How to Survive and Thrive Under the GDPR: An Essential Guide For Marketers," and "The GDPR Challenge For Content Management."
He has conducted executive-level advisories with firms such as 3M, Henkel, Allianz, Allstate Insurance, Scandic Hotels, Adobe, Sitecore, and OpenText.
Christian Wirth
Privacy by Design Consultant
Christian studied Computer Science in Heidelberg and Berlin, worked as a Senior Architect in Blockchain for IBM and has since focussed on Privacy by Design in Blockchain.
Christian Wirth
Privacy by Design Consultant
Christian Wirth studied Computer Science in Heidelberg and Berlin. He recently worked as a Senior Architect in Blockchain for IBM and is involved in Blockchain research since late 2013. He is particularly interested in Blockchain and its potentials to improve privacy and revolutionize the internet infrastructure and protocols and co-founded Privacy by Blockchain Design to pursue this research. He has been collaborating closely with lawyers and thinks that the legal discipline has a lot to teach to computer scientists in regards to Governance and Smart Contracts.
Jörn Erbguth
Blockchain, Smart Contracts & GDPR Consultant, Writer & Speaker
With a double background in computer science and law, Jörn is particularly well equipped to supports with data protection for blockchain projects.
Jörn Erbguth
Blockchain, Smart Contracts & GDPR Consultant, Writer & Speaker
Jörn Erbguth offers customised workshops as well as in depth project support. With his double background in computer science and law and being certified to work as a DPO (udis), he can support you with data protection by design and data protection impact assessments to ensure GDPR compliance for your blockchain ventures.
Jörn formerly worked as head of the IT department at juris GmbH and as CTO at Swisslex AG - the leading legal information systems in Germany and Switzerland. Currently he is pursuing a PhD on blockchain governance at the University of Geneva, lecturing at several Swiss universities and publishing in the domain of legal tech. He has been invited to the European Commission (Blockchain Observatory), the European Parliament and the German foreign office to discuss blockchain issues.
Jörn is a board member of the EDV-Gerichtstag, member of the ITU focus group on DLT (FGDLT) and a member of DIN SPEC 4997 Privacy by Blockchain Design.
Jan Christian Sahl
Data Protection Consultant, Attorney at law
Jan is a qualified attorney at law, specialised in German and European data protection law.
Jan Christian Sahl
Data Protection Consultant, Attorney at law
Jan is a qualified attorney at law, specialised in German and European data protection law.
He previously worked as data protection officer (DPO) for BDI, the Federation of German Industries, where he also was responsible for the involvement of the German industry in the GDPR lawmaking process (2012-2016). He publishes regularly on the law of data and data protection and is a visiting lecturer for German and European data protection law at the Berlin School of Economics and Law.
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