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Christian K.

Critic · DISC type C
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Syntegon
📍 Lucerne Metropolitan Area, Switzerland

As Syntegons Global CISO, Christian K. is a cybersecurity strategist with two decades of experience bridging technology, business, and compliance. A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), he is currently building the companys new CISO office.

He views the relationship between business and security not as a contradiction but as a functional division of labor, describing them as "Two Sides of the Same Coin. "

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Lucerne Metropolitan Area, Switzerland
Personality Overview

How Christian shows up

ROI Driven
Critic
Negotiator

It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms. Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions.

Priorities

Topics Christian cares about

Building CISO Office
He is actively hiring for several key roles to establish and grow the new CISO office at Syntegon, a major step in strengthening the company's global security.
OT & Industrial Security
He is hiring an OT Security Architect for Industry 4. 0 and has authored articles on protecting operational technology, calling it a potential "blind spot" in manufacturing.
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Career

Work history

3-2026
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Syntegon
3-2024 - 2-2026
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
HUBER+SUHNER AG
8-2020 - 4-2024
CISO / Teamlead Security Operations
HUBER+SUHNER
12-2019 - 8-2020
IT Senior Security Engineer
AMAG Group
3-2015 - 11-2019
IT Senior Security Engineer/Architekt
NTT Ltd.
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
10-1999 - 10-2001
Bachelor (FH)
ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
10-1995 - 5-1997
Computing and Economics
University of Zurich
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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