Petra is a technology enthusiast, leader and public speaker. A former emergency medicine doctor and competitive volleyball athlete, she thrives in challenging environments and loves creating order from chaos. Initially pursuing a medical career, Petra's passion for technology led her to pivot into cyber security, earning a Master’s in Information Security and Digital Forensics.
Starting as a cybersecurity intern, Petra quickly advanced to a security engineer role, where she developed machine learning capabilities that led to a patent for using content disarm and reconstruction (CDR) to detect unknown malware (at Glasswall). She progressed to senior security engineer roles at Zava and Jobandtalent, where her expertise and leadership saw her rise to Director of Cyber Security at Jobandtalent. In Jobandtalent she hired and led global security teams, while leveraging her creative problem-solving skills to drive compliance with industry standards like NIST and ISO27001.
By combining her passion for threat modeling and AI, Petra is also leading the product development at Devarmor as a Fractional Head of Product - to transform threat modeling and security design reviews with automation, integration, and enforcement.
In her current role at Numan - as Head of Information Security, Petra is utilising her unique background in both healthcare and technology to give her a well-rounded perspective, enabling her to deliver business value by bridging technical expertise with operational insight and taking Numan's information security to the next level.
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