Dr. Alexander Löw is the serial entrepreneur, CEO and owner of Data-Warehouse GmbH and serves as a Senator in the German Senate of Economy. He holds the position of Vice President of the German Cybersecurity Council Association and is the innovative mind behind IQIMS® and PCert®. With a deep understanding of IT and cybersecurity since the 1980s and 25 years of experience as a Data Protection Officer (DPO) as well as Program Manager in several international industrial and defence projects, Alexander has a strong focus on Information Management as well as Cyber- and Quantum Security. He has been involved in the conceptualization, building, and maintenance of industrial and governmental CAs (e.g., Macao, German Airforce, BMW) and PPP (like SUZ Eurofighter) since 2001. In 2012, following a significant APT attack, he began revising and automating PKI processes to enhance cybersecurity. Since 2014, he has been actively involved in publishing and presenting on PKI and cybersecurity topics, and has been conducting PKI trainings for the German BSI Alliance for Cybersecurity since 2015. In 2024, he joined the NIST Post-Quantum Migration Working Group to contribute to the development of standard 1800-38B.
Top Skills:
– Strategic advisory;
– Lectures and keynotes;
– Transforming complex challenges into holistic, efficient and long-term (highly) secure solutions (technical and organizational)
– Strategic consulting & solutions; cost reduction strategies; logistics and process optimization for (complex) technical products
Companies:
Data-Warehouse GmbH
Data-Warehouse Technology & Management GmbH&Co KG
Newplan GmbH
PCert inc
Background:
45+ years of IT experience & cyber security; product development;
30+ years in building and managing companies
– combining Psychology; Security; Business administration and legal topics with strategy and IT
– Database systems; Big Data;
– Quantum-, (Cyber-)Security; PKI; EKCM systems; PIM
– Own inventions/products/platforms:
– IQIMS-OC (https://datawh.info/en/iqims)
– IQIMS EBUS-J (4GL&DB incl. Java; HTML or C Frontend)
– PCert® Certificate identification and management system (https://datawh.info/en/pcert or www.pcert.com)
Work experience:
– 1987 – today Owner & CEO Data Warehouse GmbH (www.datawh.de), advisory board member
– 2009 – today Owner & CEO Data Warehouse Technology and Management GmbH & Co KG
– 04/1979 – today: Program management, project lead, software dev, IT Forensics & IT Security
Education:
– 09/2010 – 06/2014 SFU Vienna
Safety research and psychotherapy sciences, Dr. scient. pth.
Methodology for the assessment of company-wide employee exposure with reference to risk management and compliance
– 09/1988 – 07/1993 Munich University of Applied Sciences, Dipl. Inform (FH) (Master of Science, Computer Science)
Computer science in engineering
Languages:
– German (mother tongue)
– English (fluent)
Qualifications:
– M&A, Tech assessments, evaluations
– software development expertise since 1979
– cybersecurity expertise since 1980
– Quantum- and Cybersecurity and migration strategies toolsets, cryptographic methods (NIST PQM WG)
– Long-term technological solutions for strategic information management (IQIMS platform); software development (EBUS-J platform)
– Software DB systems and software development tools made in Germany
– Support of ERP systems to improve data quality and interfaces from and to ERP systems
– integrated management systems (e.g. NATO Roadmap ;ISO27.001; 20.000; 30.000; 9100)
– Concepts and KPIs for the reduction of employee overload; Employee psychology; Corporate psychology; Employee management (internal;external;by order); Security research
– div. management (organization, accounting, law) and project management
– Oracle Certified Gold Partner
– Java, Python, Oracle Platform (DB, WB, DI, IAS, …), C, C++, 4GL, SAP, Cognos, BO, and some others
– Architectures: SOA, MDA, Ucore, MVC, V-Modell, n-tier, Client/Server, Cloud, BigData, ….
– Standards:
– CRS + U.S. FATCA, Solvency, MA Risk, Basel. Energy: RDS-PP, DORA, NIS2, CRA, SOC 2
– ISO 9001, 9100 (AeroExcellence), ISO 20000 (ITIL V3), ISO 27001 -implementation in our own company
– NAF V3, AECMA S2000M, S1000D, DO178x – Software Products
– Psychotherapy sciences, safety research (doctoral studies)
– GDPR: Group DPO and external DPO e.g. to Paritätischer Wohlfahrtsverband Bayern (Group DPO) (1994-2020), external DPO to numerous welfare organisations (about 30), establishing and operating GDPR compliant organisations and DPO departments
Organisations:
– Vice President Cyber Security Council Germany Association
– DWT; Member of the advisory board of the working group for medium-sized businesses; (www.dwt-sgw.de)
– Senator at the Senate of Economy Germany
– Post Quantum Migration Working Group Member NIST (USA)
– GDD (Society for Data Protection and Data Security)
– IASA (International Association of Software Architects) BOE (Board of Education) Accreditation Leadership Team
– DAMA (Data Management Association)
– AFCEA
– BavAIRia
– Munich Security Network
– former President Europe and Germany World Jurist Asscociation Europe (www.worldjurist.org) 2016-2020
Industrial expertise:
Aviation: Eurofighter GmbH, NETMA, Airbus D&S Germany, Airbus D&S Spain, ESG GmbH, IABG
NAVAL: ESG GmbH, IABG
Transportation: Deutsche Post worldwide, Deutsche Bahn
Automotive: Audi, Volkswagen, BMW
Banking: QIIB, Deutsche Börse AG, Hypo-Vereinsbank, Raiffeisen Bank (Austria)
Defence: NATO, EDA, Airbus D&S, German Airforce, BaainBw, Austrian Armed Forces, ESG, IABG
SME: Different branches like Veterinary, brewery, recycling, time management, HR, Accounting, Invoicing
Legal: BRAK, BNotK, World Jurist Association
Space: Satellite communication software