Our team of GDPR consultants and privacy/technology experts can help you with many different GDPR & privacy challenges at hand, in particular in the technology space. Meet our individual consultants below.
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GDPR Consultants
Our GDPR consultants have extensive experience in data protection, privacy, security, and compliance projects. We have several highly recognized certifications in GDPR and have worked on projects with SMEs, large corporations, startups, and NGOs. Our consultants are regularly trained and (re)certified to keep up with the latest standards and developments. Our team has a unique combination of skills and experience ranging from legal and technology to training, quality/process management and C-level leadership, ready to support with all situations at hand. When engaging with us as consultants, we will assemble the best suitable team to work with your organization, mixing the right skill-sets and relevant client experience so that you benefit from our previous relevant learning.
We are based in Berlin, Germany but have taken on engagements world wide. Both in-person and through video conference and phone calls.
In addition to our core team, we work with project based GDPR and technology consultants for specific requirements and to staff engagements.
Fluent in seven languages
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.
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Silvan Jongerius
Managing Partner & DPO
Silvan Jongerius (FIP, CIPP/e, CIPT, 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.
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.
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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).
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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.
Vlad Nekrutenko
Data Protection Consultant (Legal)
Vlad is a legally trained data privacy enthusiast and expert in GDPR compliance, specialised in international data transfers.
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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.
Aztrid Camarillo
Junior Data Protection Consultant
MSc in Political Science, Economics and Philosophy | Legal Assistant & Paralegal
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Aztrid Camarillo
Junior Data Protection Consultant
Aztrid Camarillo is a Junior Data Protection Consultant with a Master of Science in Political Science, Economics and Philosophy from the University of Hamburg (Germany).
She holds a certificate in IT Security Foundations in Compliance and GDPR Compliance in Essential training. Her work experience consists of handling data breaches, legal assessments of data subject rights, eDiscovery in litigation, Information Requests, writing and consulting in contracts such as DPA’s, ICA’s, BCR’s and awareness training in Data Protection. She has joined several conferences on Big Data and Ethics, as well as seminars on Data Protection Law, GDPR and Privacy.
Her previous educational and work experience background consists of a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Legal Studies along with her Paralegal Certification from California State University, Chico (California, USA), where she worked on criminal law and housing law, and awareness campaigns on legal rights.
Athina Sotiriou
Data Protection Analyst
Athina Sotiriou (CIPP/e) graduated from Tilburg University in the Netherlands with a Master’s Degree (LLM) in Technology Law.
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Athina Sotiriou
Data Protection Analyst
Athina completed her Bachelor degree in Law in Greece and recently obtained a Master in Law (LLM) in Law and Technology from Tilburg University in the Netherlands. Having attended two courses in data protection law during her LLM studies and having obtained a GDPR Compliance and DPO Certificate in Greece, she decided to engage herself professionally with the field and gain practical experience. Athina supports TechGDPR in consulting technology companies on how to be GDPR- compliant.
Marcus Desouza
Data Protection Consultant
Marcus is a CIPP/E accredited privacy professional with an expertise in GDPR compliance.
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Marcus Desouza
Data Protection Consultant
Marcus Desouza (CIPP/E) is a specialist in GDPR compliance and an avid data privacy practitioner. He has a background in law, studying Law (LLB) at the University of Portsmouth (England).
Marcus has industry experience having worked at one of the world’s leading data privacy management technology companies for privacy and compliance management. In addition, he has also worked within the financial services sector focusing on data privacy compliance across a multitude of jurisdictions, with a specific focus on GDPR compliance.
Olga Vasylyk
Freelance Editor
Creator and editor of TechGDPR’s weekly Digest. Postgraduate masters Diploma in Data Protection, Digital law and Management. Olga previously was a broadcast journalist in Ukraine and France specializing in international affairs.
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Olga Vasylyk
Freelance Editor
Olga is French-Ukrainian, with more than 10 years professional experience as a broadcast journalist in a multicultural environment in a global company, where she saw at first-hand the effects of digitalisation and how this digital transition has enormous consequences, but also offers great opportunities.
For this reason she decided to expand her skillset regarding data protection and data management, to better compete in this growing sector that effects commerce, industry, and the wider world. She helps TechGDPR assist businesses, institutions and individuals be safe and protected online. Olga is also the creator and editor of TechGDPR’s weekly data protection digest.
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.
Ash Costello
Privacy & Blockchain Lawyer
Ash Costello is a Privacy Attorney who advises on privacy matters in Europe and the USA including GDPR and CCPA, specialising in privacy in blockchain.
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Ash Costello
Privacy & Blockchain Lawyer
Ash Costello is a Privacy Attorney who advises on privacy matters in Europe and the USA including GDPR and CCPA, specialising in privacy in blockchain.
She works with TechGDPR as a part-time consultant specializing in blockchain matters, documentation review and international data transfers. She is a member of the Expert Panel of the European Blockchain Observatory and Forum and the Blockchain Chamber of Commerce, and is a writer and speaker on both blockchain and privacy matters.
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.
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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.
Our Certifications
We regularly undergo training and (re)certification, and keep our certifications (for example from TüV or IAPP) in good standing to ensure we meet the highest quality requirements. New qualifications are added on an ongoing base, and may not always be directly reflected on this page.
