An Van Leuven

Owner, Cybersecurity Consultant, Purple Team Specialist @ CYBERCONNECT

Antwerp, Belgium

With 25+ years of progressive expertise in cybersecurity, I bring strategic vision and hands-on technical depth to security leadership, advisory, and blue/red team operations. My career evolved from network engineering through defensive security operations to specialized offensive security practices, with a recent focus on purple teaming, AI security, and secure architecture design. I excel at translating complex security challenges into actionable strategies while architecting and testing resilient systems that address emerging threats.

Top roles

Cybersecurity Engineer2 - 5 years

Back-end

SQL

AI .NET

Cloud

Security

Cybersecurity

Network/Telecom

Network

Systems

VCS - GIT

Language

Native Dutch

Dutch

Native

English

Fluent

French

Average

Work experience

Since 2022

Owner, Cybersecurity Consultant, Purple Team Specialist @ CYBERCONNECT

01 October 2023 -

Lead purple and red team engagements for defense and AI security projects. Architect and test agentic AI and cybersecurity solutions, including generative AI systems.

Senior Pentester OT & AI @ Belden

01 March 2025 - 31 December 2025

Advanced OT/ICS pentesting and red teaming, aligning with ISA/IEC 62443 guidelines.

Cybersecurity Consultant, Architect, Red/Blue Team @ NETCURE

01 March 2025 - 31 October 2025

Security consultant for pentests, technical audits, migration, and architecture reviews.

Cybersecurity Awareness, Project Advisor & Blue Team Collaborator @ FOX FISH

01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024

Designed and delivered high-impact security awareness, training, and post-pentest project plans.

Interim CISO, Cybersecurity Department Builder @ Falcon

01 March 2023 - 31 October 2024

Established and led the Falcon cybersecurity department, reporting to executive leadership.

Expert Network System Engineer / Cybersecurity Consultant @ Eurosys

01 January 2022 - 31 March 2023

Delivered network and cybersecurity consulting for infrastructure projects and migrations.

Education experience

Since 1998

Informatica @ KHK Geel

01 September 1998 - 30 June 2001

Graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Informatics.