Mario Hoffmann has over 20 years of experience in Cyber Security, including 15+ years in leading positions. He recently started as Group Leader Cyber Security at ARRK Engineering GmbH in Munich in February 2023, where he is responsible for automotive security and privacy in compliance with UN ECE R.155/156 and EU GDPR. Previously, he worked as Head of Security & Privacy in various companies in the automotive industry, among others at Sono Motors Global and at Continental AG, as well as Department Head at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT). Hoffmann received his diploma in computer science from Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany, in 1998, and completed his thesis at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. In December 2013, he was awarded the "Privacy by Design Ambassador" by the Information & Privacy Commissioner Ontario. Hoffmann chaired the Working Group "Security & Trust" of the Wireless World Research Forum (WWRF) from 2005 to 2012 and has been an active member of the Kantara Initiative since 2009, hosting the yearly conference in 2012. He is also a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), ACM, Germany's Gesellschaft für Informatik, Chaos Computer Club, and Digitalcourage.

ARRK Engineering is a globally active development partner for the automotive and mobility industry, specializing in end-to-end and comprehensive support of the entire product development process - from the concept phase through series development to validation and system integration of mechanical and electronic components. The share of development tasks from the fields of e-mobility, autonomous driving and software development in a digitalized development environment has been growing steadily for years and is becoming increasingly important. Through highly efficient project management, we achieve the set development goals together with our customers. We rely on the long-standing, interdisciplinary expertise of our 1,600 employees at locations in Germany, Romania, the Netherlands, Malaysia, the USA, Japan and China. Around 800 of them work at ARRK Engineering's headquarters in Munich, Germany.