Maria Schwenger

Executive Advisor & Strategist at BioTone.

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Maria is a seasoned leader with extensive expertise spanning over 15 years in Cybersecurity, AI,/data, and software engineering. Her diverse background includes AI implementations, digital transformation (DevSecOps/SRE), technology management, cyber resilience, privacy, compliance, and risk across various industries, including government and commercial sectors such as finance, healthcare, technology, retail, transportation, and manufacturing. Renowned for her talent in devising and executing hyper-growth and transformative strategies, Maria remains people-focused throughout. While she spent greater time working for large enterprises, she also has a remarkable track record of scaling strategies for start-ups, SMBs, and Fortune 100 companies alike. Maria's passion lies in two key areas: 1) She is deeply committed to revolutionizing traditional cybersecurity programs by incorporating cutting-edge technologies like AI, Blockchain, and quantum encryption to enhance cyber resiliency. Her focus is on preparing businesses to effectively handle cyber-triggered disasters. 2) Maria is dedicated to cultivating diverse and high-performing teams. She places great emphasis on fostering advanced collaboration, trust, and a leader-servant culture, ensuring a cohesive and thriving work environment. Summary of skills: Highly skilled digital transformation leader in the areas of 1) Cybersecurity (Cloud Native Security, Product/Application security/DevSecOps, Risk management/Privacy/Compliance, SOC/SIEM/CSPM) 2) Data and AI frameworks, Data protection, Data governance, etc. 3) Cloud migration, adoption and modern cloud architecture, cloud security, SRE, MLOps, FinOps List of 2023 presentations: Jan 2023 - I spoke at Davos, Swiss, at the World Economic Forum - insights on Cyber security trends June 2023 - presented at ISACA - Practical approach to Privacy June 2023 - interview - Cybers trends of IIOT and Digital transformation June 2023 - AppSecCon23 - Leading a workshop on AppSec maturity July 2023 - Zero Trust panelist with the Demo Forum - 2 panels participation 10 July 2023 - Gen AI Primer for Cyber Tech presentation 19 Sept 2023 - presentation in Berlin - at the World IIOT and Digital transformation conference 18 Oct 2023 - Presenting second session on Gen AI Primer - for DevSecOps 30 Oct 2023 – presenting @OWASP - Washington DC