With over 30 years of experience in a wide range of information security roles, Reinhard Bertram combines technological depth with strategic foresight. As CIO and CISO of Softing AG, he is responsible for group-wide IT and information security – both operationally and strategically. He drives the integration of security into all areas of IT and product development, with successes such as the TISAX AL3 certification and the IEC 62443 4-1 certification as the foundation for NIS-2 and CRA.

His career has taken him through senior positions at T-Systems, BWI and Siemens, always focussing on security, IT architecture and transformation projects with high complexity and impact. He has extensive experience in leading large teams, building resilient IT structures and developing customer-centred IT/OT solutions in regulated and highly dynamic environments.

As a manager with an engineering background, he always thinks of security as an enabler for innovation, not as a blockade. His vision is to rethink IT boundaries, understand security as a business process and create IT architectures that shape change instead of managing it.