Martin Stecher

Martin Stecher

Cloud Fellow

Profile
Architect and leader in IT security and cloud solutions
Entrepreneur
Innovator

Contact
info@cloudfellows.de
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Education
Diplom-Informatiker Universität Kaiserslautern
Military Service and Squad leader
Gymnasium Wülfrath

Cloud Fellows

Sep 2023

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Present

Managing Director and Founder
Cloud Fellows GmbH, Paderborn, Germany

I founded Cloud Fellows after 30 years in the IT industry to build security technology and help other companies succeed in the evolving Security Service Edge market.
  • Released Cloud Fellows SSH Gateway and Web Gateway.
  • Supported customer projects with architecture, engineering and security-gateway expertise.
  • Published practical security research, developed a granted invention and contributed to the Bundesfachkommission Cybersicherheit.

Skyhigh Security

Mar 2022

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Aug 2023

Skyhigh Fellow & Chief Architect at Skyhigh Security
Managing Director Skyhigh Security Germany GmbH
Managing Director Musarubra Germany GmbH

After McAfee sold its Enterprise business to investor STG
  • Responsible for the Software Architecture of all products of Skyhigh Security globally.
  • Managing Director of the German legal entities (150 employees at 3 sites).

McAfee

Jan 2021

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Feb 2022

VP Engineering at McAfee
Managing Director McAfee Germany GmbH

In preparation of the Enterprise business spin-off
  • Leading NWDP (Network, Web, Data Protection) Engineering (550 engineers, many sites across 4 continents).
  • Managing Director of the German legal entity (180 employees, 3 sites).

McAfee

2017

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2020

McAfee Fellow - Chief Architect
Managing Director McAfee Germany GmbH

After spin-off from Intel
  • Appointed as one of the two inaugural McAfee Fellows globally
  • Responsible for the Software Architecture of all enterprise products globally.
  • Managing Director of the German legal entity (up to 200 employees, 5 sites).

Intel

2015

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2017

Intel Senior Principal Engineer

After deep integration into Intel
  • Successful application as Senior Principal Engineer (top 1% technical leaders globally)
  • Security Advisor for Intel Germany's management team.
  • Engineering Manager for Web Protection products in Germany and India.
  • Divestiture of the Identity Engineering group in Sweden.

McAfee

2008

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2014

VP Engineering at McAfee

After acquisition by McAfee. In 2010 McAfee got acquired by Intel but initially remained independent
  • VP Engineering Web Protection in Germany and India.
  • Management and integration of Identity Engineering in Sweden.
  • Export Manager; appointed as Managing Director in 2012.
  • Re-architecture of the software platform and central rule engine, cloud-first strategy.

Secure Computing

2006

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2007

Director Engineering at Secure Computing
Site Leader

After acquisition of CyberGuard by Secure Computing
  • Engineering Manager Web Protection in Germany and India.
  • Transformation of Paderborn site to a pure technical location.
  • Development of first hardware appliance models.

CyberGuard

2004

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2005

Director Engineering at CyberGuard

After acquisition of Webwasher AG by CyberGuard Corp.
  • Engineering Manager Web Protection.
  • Starting an Engineering location in Bangalore, India.
  • Standardize the ICAP protocol within IETF.

Webwasher

1999

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2003

Engineering Leader

During startup time.
  • Growing an Engineering team from 1 to 50 engineers.
  • Defining the core Software Architecture.
  • Strategy shift to an Enterprise product.
  • First ICAP server globally.

RagTime

1994

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1999

Software Engineer and Team Lead

B&E Software GmbH becoming RagTime GmbH
  • Engineer of the Office Publishing Solution RagTime.
  • C++ development cross platform for Windows and Mac.
  • Becoming team lead for the Spreadsheet module.
  • In parallel: First own company Ittersoft.