Mathias Gaertner

permanently sworn in and publicly accredited expert witness for Information Technology/Networking. Supervised by the chamber of commerce Darmstadt, Germany

Education

• Master with Thesis Mechanical engineering (Diplom) TH Darmstadt (1992)
• CCIE #11220 (March 2003), emeritus since 2015
• Bachelor of Law, part time (7 Semester, no degree)
• Qualification as external Data Privacy Officer

Expertise

• Chief Operation Officer of an IT service center (until 2003)
• Project manager and chief IT infrastructure planner Fraunhofer Society (until 2008)
• Founder of IT-forum Chamber of Commerce, Darmstadt (2003-2015)
• Lecturer at the Universities of Applied Science Aschaffenburg, Würzburg, Lörrach, Darmstadt, Torrens University Australia, Lincoln Institute of higher Education, Sydney. Topics cover Databases, Cloud computing, Computer Architecture, Software engineering, Business Communication, Network Management, Network technology, Computer Forensic, Cyber Security Enterprises, Cyber Security Introduction
• External Data Privacy Office (since 2010)
• VP Finance NIFIS e. V. (2007 until 2009), Deputy President (2009 until 2024)
• Vice Chairman Global Information Security Forum Diplomatic Council (2013 until 2017)
• Member of the Adivsory Board "Cyber Security for Businesses" of the German Federal Minister of Commerce
• Member of the Cyber Security Alliance, Germany
• Member of the program committee World Forensic Conference 2011, 2012 and 2017, Dalian, Chongqin China
• Member of the Course Advisory Councils Torrens University, Lincoln University, West Sydney University (Chair)
• Vice-Chair Branch Executive Committee Australian Computer Society (2019 until 2020)
• Director Technical Advisory Committee Australian Computer Society (2020 until March 2026), Member of congress/ACS (2020 until March 2026)