Ander Galisteo

Experience

Ander Galisteo is an industrial cybersecurity and embedded-systems leader focused on secure OT/IoT architectures, security strategy, risk reduction, and engineering delivery for security-critical products.

Experience

Leadership across security-critical systems

Jan 2023 - Present

Director of Industrial Cybersecurity

Cybertix · Donostia, Spain

Owns industrial cybersecurity strategy for OT/IoT and critical-infrastructure clients, aligning security roadmaps with business risk, operational resilience, and executive priorities.
Reduced average high-risk exposure by 70% across assessed environments through threat modeling, secure architectures, incident-response exercises, and risk-based remediation plans.
Translates cybersecurity risk into actionable programs, reusable service offerings, and trusted advisory relationships with industrial clients.

OT/IoT securityRisk managementThreat modelingIncident responseSecure architectures

Sep 2022 - Present

Lecturer

Deusto University · San Sebastian, Spain

Teaches telematics and networking while bringing industry experience in cybersecurity, embedded systems, and secure communications into academic programs.

CC++PythonMATLABNetworkingSecure communications

Jan 2023 - Sep 2024

Director of Engineering, Enterprise Development Services

Dojo Five · Remote, United States

Led engineering-service operations for enterprise clients, managing 13 direct reports, up to 54 indirect reports, and 11 concurrent projects across security-critical firmware and embedded-system engagements.
Improved delivery predictability, utilization, and project profitability by 150% through stronger planning, resource allocation, accountability, and escalation management.
Owned hiring, customer relationships, delivery governance, and executive stakeholder communication across distributed technical teams.

Engineering leadershipDelivery governanceSecure firmwareEmbedded securityAgile operations

Jul 2022 - Jan 2023

Team Lead, Firmware Development Services

Dojo Five · Remote, United States

Led client delivery for embedded and IoT projects, improving sprint predictability through clearer planning, risk tracking, and stakeholder communication.
Tripled adoption of secure firmware and automated testing practices across embedded and IoT client engagements.

CC++PythonGitAWS IoTSecure firmware

May 2021 - Jul 2022

Senior Engineer, Firmware Development Services and Security Expert

Dojo Five · Remote, United States

Delivered secure firmware and embedded-security consulting across more than 50 client projects, reducing security risk through secure boot, OTA hardening, cryptography, and protocol security.
Drove architecture-to-implementation delivery while aligning security requirements, timelines, and client constraints.

Embedded CC/C++OpenSSLWolfSSLSecure bootSecure OTALinux

Apr 2020 - May 2021

Senior Cybersecurity Researcher and Embedded Systems Developer

Ikerlan · Mondragon, Spain

Developed secure architectures and protocols for industrial embedded systems across 20 research and industrial projects.
Contributed to European research initiatives, including Fractal, in industrial, power-management, and biomedical embedded systems.

Embedded systemsCryptographic protocolsIndustrial cybersecurityC/C++Secure architecture

Sep 2016 - Apr 2020

Researcher in Visible Light Communication for Embedded Systems

IMDEA Networks · Madrid, Spain

Published more than 10 peer-reviewed papers and built four PoCs/MVPs in visible light communication for embedded and IoT systems.
Contributed to OpenVLC, improving research-to-prototype transfer and embedded communication capabilities.

Visible light communicationEmbedded systemsC/C++LinuxProtocol designExperimental research

2015 - 2016

Teaching Assistant

University of Houston · Houston, United States

Supported a first-year computer science programming course while completing graduate studies in network communications.

JavaComputer science educationTeaching

Summer 2014

Engineering Intern

Fraunhofer IIS · Erlangen, Germany

Built tooling to simulate ARM processor intrinsics on non-ARM Linux machines, helping accelerate development workflows for ARM-targeted software.

LinuxARM intrinsicsEmbedded developmentSimulation

Skills

Operating range

Security Leadership

Cybersecurity strategy · Risk management · Security governance · Executive reporting · Security roadmaps

Security Engineering

Threat modeling · Cryptography · Secure boot · Secure OTA · Secure architectures · Secure protocols

Engineering and Delivery

Agile governance · Delivery operations · Profitability · Resource planning · CI/CD · HIL · Automated testing

Embedded and Software

Embedded Linux · RTOS · Zephyr · FreeRTOS · BLE · C/C++ · Python

Education

Academic foundation

2020-2021

MBA

Quantic School of Business and Technology · Remote, United States

Top 10%

2016-2020

Ph.D. in Telematics Engineering

University Carlos III of Madrid · Madrid, Spain

Cum laude

2015-2016

Master in Engineering Technology

University of Houston · Houston, United States

3.67/4

2014-2016

Master in Telecommunications Engineering

University of Navarra · San Sebastian, Spain

8.57/10

2010-2014

Telecommunication Engineering

University of Navarra · San Sebastian, Spain

8.76/10

Recognition

Build secure industrial systems with evidence, clarity, and delivery discipline.

For collaborations, advisory work, or industrial cybersecurity programs, get in touch.

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