Dennis Monner (CSO)

Dennis Monner is responsible for worldwide sales. He is the founder of gateProtect. Under his leadership the company developed till 2012 from a German start-up to a leading international IT-Security specialist.

Before founding gateProtect, Dennis held shares in several software companies and successfully developed their sales and strategy divisions. He started his professional career in the insurance industry where his last role was CEO of the foreign sales branch of a major German Assurance Society.

Dr. Reinhard Festag heads the finance department of gateProtect AG.  

He holds a Masters degree and a PhD in physics. He finished his academic work on a NASA project in the States. Reinhard started his business career as management consultant with McKinsey where he worked on strategy and operational improvements for clients in the high tech, telecom and IT industry. He left McKinsey as an Associate Principal and joined the IT service division of Siemens (SIS). There he acted in several management positions. His responsibilities ranged up to 500 Mio. Euro p.a. order entry as Commercial Head of Outsourcing Sales.

Stephan Ziegler (CTO)

Within the board of gateProtect Stephan Ziegler is responsible for research, development and support. Before joining gateProtect he acquired several years of experience in different IT leadership positions, such as divisional director at BITKOM for IT-architecture, quality management, software development processes and cloud computing. At the same time he additionally worked as an independent IT-expert for both the private and the public sector. Prior to that he acted as IT-consultant for SAP AG . He helds a diploma in computer science, has published several articles in renowned specialist journals and has represented the IT-sector in the "German IPv6-Council".

Christo Ivanov is Head of Development Managed Security at gateProtect. He has reinforced the team since 2004. For several years Christo headed the Frontend Team. He also played a significant role in the development of gateProtects eGUI-Technology. Christo started his professional career as software developer in an IT-company in Hamburg where he gained precious project experience in the banking and health sectors. He holds a master of science in physics. Christo has won several awards for his software projects during his studies and has published multiple articles in renowned American science magazines.

Felix Blank supervises all technical products and processes in his role as Head of Quality Assurance at gateProtect. He is part of the management team since 2004. Felix gained deep knowledge in the field of IT-Security while working as Network- and IT-Security-Administrator at the data center of the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg. By administrating complex installations and clusters he became acquainted with all different kinds of modern firewalls. Felix studied engineer and information technology. He has published several scientifical articles both in English and German technical press.