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Title: Chief Security Officer Company: Deutsche Telekom Industry: Telecommunications

Thomas is both CSO at Deutsche Telekom and CEO of Deutsche Telekom Security. His dual leadership roles have seen him launch Sovereign Cortex with T Security alongside Palo Alto Networks, delivering an AI-driven operations platform that retains all telemetry and encryption keys within European borders to meet strict DORA( Digital Operational Resilience Act) compliance. He also expanded the company’ s financial sector portfolio by deploying proactive API testing and Akamai-powered softwaredefined microsegmentation for major German state banks.

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