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Jan Smets

Owner @ ITbrouwerij
Antwerp, Belgium

I have a leadership profile with an analytic mind. I'm good in looking for new business ideas and solution concepts, with a focus on security and privacy. My biggest power is to translate technical concepts in business language and vice-versa.

Top roles

Manager / Director5 - 10 years
Security Engineer< 2 years
Cybersecurity Engineer> 10 years
IT-Security< 2 years

Miscellaneous

GDPR
Security
Teaching skills

Cloud

Cloud
IaaS / PaaS / SaaS

Security

Cryptography
Cybersecurity

Sales

Pre-Sales Consulting
Communication skills

Mgmt Frameworks

Management Frameworks
Language
Native Dutch
Dutch
Native
English
Fluent
French
Fluent
Work experience
Since 2004
Owner @ ITbrouwerij
01 February 2019 - Present

Management consultancy focused on eIDAS/QTSP, security, and privacy. I'm a PKI Expert.

Sr. Technical Sales Consultant @ Entrust
01 July 2023 - 01 March 2025

Full portfolio expert for Benelux with a focus on PKI, digital signatures, and supporting QTSPs.

Head of Product & Security (CTO) @ KeySign
01 April 2019 - 31 August 2022

- Building a QTSP SaaS solution from the ground up.
- Help KeySign to become a Qualified Trusted Service Provider, to build the platform and back-end services -> transformed to brokering QTSP services.
- Sales and Presales development
- Provide consultancy for customers of KeySign with expert knowledge .

Pre-Sales Manager @ Gemalto (legacy SafeNet)
01 May 2013 - 01 January 2019

Managed a team of Sales Engineers and handled solution design for channels and customers.

Technical & Service Manager @ Motorola Solutions (ex Psion)
01 June 2010 - 01 May 2013

Hosted technical training for partners.

Partner Integration Engineer @ VASCO Data Security
01 May 2006 - 01 June 2010
IT Administrator @ Alcopa 2 Wheels
01 December 2005 - 01 April 2006
IT technician @ Comcon
01 August 2004 - 01 December 2005
Education experience
Since 2001
Data Protection Officer Certification @ Data Protection Institute
01 January 2015 - 31 December 2015

Certified Data Protection Officer.

Information Management & Support (IMS) @ Katholieke Hogeschool Mechelen
01 September 2001 - 01 July 2004

Professional Bachelor focusing on information management.

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