Erik Gibson

Erik is Cybersecurity Manager at OMMAX, working on security strategy and due diligence. He has 15+ years of experience of digital strategic development in information security for local and international clients.

Before joining OMMAX, he worked as Lead for IT & Security for a Munich-based industrial IoT startup, focused on leveraging AI and big data for rail digitalization. Prior to emigrating to Germany, he was CISO and co-founder of a credit card personalization bureau and developed the business both in South Africa and into Africa, while ensuring that it remained innovative and secure, selling the business to a global competitor in 2016.

Erik has multiple years experience in designing and implementing secure systems and consulting with clients on digitalization by leveraging technology based on the cloud, big data and automation.