About

Experienced technologist, advisor, manager and entrepreneur, with an extensive software development background and nine years in CEO roles. Always breaking new tech ground. A driven and creative generalist who knows technology and how to get the best out of people. At the Software Improvement Group, Rob established the security & privacy practice and the AI practice. He frequently speaks and writes on these topics, on which he is CSSLP and CPEH certified. In the area of research and standardisation he works closely with ISO, IEEE, NCSC, CIP, OWASP, CEN, NEN and ENISA, for which he is a registered subject matter expert.

1. Leader of the writing group for ISO/IEC 5338 on AI system development lifecycle

2. Co-author of "Advancing software security in the EU" - ENISA

3. Initiator of the Common Requirement Enumeration movement at opencre.org

4. Leader of the OWASP AI project

5. Author of "Agile guidance" as part of the OWAP SAMM standard

6. Co-author and chairman of "Grip on Secure Software Development" - CIP

7. Co-lead of the OWASP Standard Integration Project

8. Contributor to "Security testing whitepaper" - NCSC

9. Member of the NEN Norm committee on AI and big data, ISO SC42/WG4 , and CEN/CLC JTC 21/WG 5

10. Member of the NEN Norm committee on security & privacy, ISO SC27090 & 27091

Tags: software engineering, security, privacy, big data, information retrieval, system architecture, artificial intelligence, agile, song writing, cycling, online gaming