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 (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.
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.
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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. 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.
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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.
Tommy Béland
Junior Technical Consultant
Technical, organisational and regulatory professional with a particular interest and background in security/infosec and GDPR compliance.
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Tommy Béland
Junior Technical Consultant
Tommy Béland (CySA+, CIPM) is an information security and privacy manager. His academic background combines studies in International Law and International Relations at Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada) with Cyber Security of Computer Networks at Polytechnique Montréal (Canada). His career path bears significant experience in the technical, organisational and regulatory dimensions of cyber security as a result of his professional experience with standards and accreditations such as ISO 27001, the BSI IT-Grundschutz, PCI DSS, ePrivacyseal and SOC reports. He is joining TechGDPR as a Junior Technical Consultant to support clients with solutions that warrant data security and protection of personal data as prescribed by the GDPR and other relevant regulations.
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.
Olga Vasylyk
Intern
Completing a Data Protection and Management postgraduate diploma at ESDES Lyon Business School in partnership with the Law Faculty of the Catholic University in Lyon. Passionate about information in all its forms.
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Olga Vasylyk
Intern
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 also help them treat any data they work with or share with others and reinforce clients’ essential fundamental rights and responsibilities.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
