Harnessing collective wisdom: GObugfree embraces Co-CEO leadership
Zurich, March 19, 2024 - Leadership evolution at GObugfree. With the appointment of Christina Kistler and Marcel Eyer as Co-CEOs, GObugfree, the leading Swiss platform for crowd-based vulnerability management, underlines its commitment to diversity and innovation. This appointment marks a significant milestone for GObugfree, reinforcing its pledge to advance ethical hacking and enhance cybersecurity accessibility, with a special focus on safeguarding SMEs across the DACH region.
The strength of our global community of ethical hackers and cybersecurity experts is rooted in collective intelligence. This concept is now mirrored in our leadership model as well.
GObugfree is a startup that aims to make cyber security affordable and accessible to companies of all sizes. For a long time, this was only an issue for large companies - with GObugfree's offering, SMEs also gain access to a verified, global community of hundreds of ethical hackers and security experts, bug bounty programs, vulnerability disclosure programs (VDPs), community bug tests and attack surface analyses.
With the introduction of the co-CEO model, the company is sending a further signal that it stands for new collaborative working models, diversity and common goals - not only in its own hacker community, but also in the GObugfree team itself.
Christina Kistler: "I look forward to driving our mission forward together with Marcel and the entire GObugfree team. The strength of our global community of ethical hackers and cybersecurity experts is rooted in collective intelligence. This concept is now mirrored in our leadership model as well. Together, we want to support SMEs in particular, which often face major challenges when it comes to securing their digital infrastructure."
Christina Kistler has nearly 20 years of extensive experience in marketing, sales, entrepreneurship and strategic leadership in addition to her degrees in economics and digital business. Her international track record of developing effective marketing and sales strategies in various industries and countries reflects her passion for achieving real and sustainable results for organizations. Her strategic thinking and entrepreneurial spirit will play a critical role in leading GObugfree on the path to greater growth and innovation.
With our co-CEO model, we want to further expand our leadership while strengthening GObugfree's ability to offer our customers innovative and effective solutions to protect themselves against digital threats.
With over 20 years of experience in software development, project management and IT security, Marcel Eyer will be responsible for managing the technical aspects of the company. His expertise in developing secure applications underlines his commitment to the integrity and reliability of the GObugfree platform. Marcel's dedication to software product excellence will continue to drive the technical vision of the company.
"With our co-CEO model, we want to further expand our leadership while strengthening GObugfree's ability to offer our customers innovative and effective solutions to protect themselves against digital threats," says Marcel Eyer.
Co-founders Rolf Wagner, Michael Schläpfer and Pawel Kowalski will remain an integral part of the company. Rolf Wagner as COO and Michael Schläpfer as CSO will remain on the management team and continue to contribute their many years of security expertise to drive strategic initiatives forward. Pawel Kowalski, with his extensive experience in software development and product development, will take on the role of Senior Business Development Manager to support the company's continued success.
GObugfree looks to the future with confidence, strengthened by its expanded leadership team and unwavering commitment to its mission of making crowdsourced cybersecurity accessible to all.
For more information about GObugfree and its services, please visit www.gobugfree.com.