About us

Boltonshield is a cybersecurity company with a robust, multi-pronged approach at the core of its ethos. Based in Switzerland, Boltonshield has an expansive, international outlook, seeking to help companies and organizations protect their assets and empower them to grow securely no matter where they are based around the globe.

The company’s varied and multifaceted range of services and products considerably enhances the resilience of your cybersecurity system in a time in which both internal and external threats have become more dangerous than ever.

Hackers, facilitators of industrial espionage and other malicious actors continuously find new ways to compromise your data and system, rejecting any notions of complacency from organizations. The sheer magnitude of the work required to be kept abreast in this ever-evolving landscape of digital threats is a tremendously significant and sizeable task.

Boltonshield’s extensive, ever-growing knowledge and ability to keep you safe is here to provide peace of mind to any organization who wishes to maximize their protection.

We provide a fundamentally unique and proactive approach to cyber defence with managed security services, integrated technologies, and a team of security experts, ethical hackers and analysts.

With an innovative approach boosted by the implementation of artificial intelligence technology, we enable organizations to fight against cyber threats and enforce their cybersecurity posture through the effective monitoring and identification of possible threats through proven ethical hacking procedures.

Our Management Team

Chief Technical Sales

Adam Baneth

Chairman of the Board

Andreas Kemi

Member of the Board

Simon Schlumpf

Chief Technology Officer

Michael Ioannou

Head of Ethical Hacking

Barna Szeghy

Chief Operations Officer

Istvan Vamossy

Member of the Board

Tomas Zatko

Head of Security Research

Valentin Zahnd

Head of Legal

Felix Suter

CEO

Adam Baneth

As cofounder and CEO of Boltonshield, Adam is an adept cybersecurity professional, and an entrepreneur. He is a globally experienced ethical hacker with a track record of developing high-performing businesses. He is experienced in envisioning new product opportunities and driving them through to international markets. Adam defines the overall direction and strategy of the business and focuses on technologies, solutions and services.

Chairman of the Board

Andreas Kemi

Andreas is an investor in Boltonshield AG and actively involved in our Board. An Entrepreneur at heart, he was the Co-founder and CEO of Scala Business Solutions N.V, acquired by Epicor. Co-founder of Fathom Technology, merged with EPAM (NYSX) and UCMS Group EMEA Ltd acquired by TMF-Group. Early Investor in LogMeIn (NASDAQ), www.tresorit.com, www.quinyx.com, www.showell.com and www.vochlea.co.uk

Member of the Board

Simon Schlumpf

We have this one: Simon is a member of the Board of Boltonshield, previously Head of Group Information Security and Group Information Security Officer at Ringier Group as well as a member of the Advisory Board of Cyverse Capital.

In his role at Ringier, he was responsible for developing the cyber strategy and programme of 40 companies in 18 countries within the Group. Prior to that, he implemented various cyber security projects as a technical security consultant for several Swiss clients.

He is a passionate and internationally experienced cyber security executive.

CTO

Michael Ioannou

Michael is a Cybersecurity specialist and holds a MSc in Cybersecurity and several other professional certifications in Information Security. With his extensive experience and background in cybersecurity and data protection, he pioneered in many projects in terms of complying with certain certifications related to Cybersecurity such as ISO27001 and GDPR.

Head of Ethical Hacking

Barna Szeghy

Barna has more than 10 years of experience in IT security. Participated in several complex vulnerability assessments and penetration tests as ethical hacker and project manager across the world. Graduated as a programmer, got qualified as Certified Ethical Hacker and Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA/ISACA). Barna is a web application security enthusiast, as he started his carrier as a web developer in the last century.

Digital Strategy

Istvan Vamossy

Istvan is cofounder and Head of Strategy at Boltonshield. He is a global serial entrepreneur, chairman and angel investor and a strategist at heart. He is also the chairman of 0100 Ventures, a pan european venture builder holding company, cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at Confee, an LA based conference marketplace startup.

Member of the Board

Tomas Zatko

Board Member, CEO at Citadelo
Seasoned CEO with over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity supporting Fortune 500 companies, Ranked 8th by Financial Times in fastest growing cybersecurity companies.

Technical Project Manager

Valentin Zahnd

Valentin has been working in the cyber security field for over fifteen years and acquired experiences in a lot of different areas needed to protect and defend an IT landscape. Operation of infrastructure and developing applications, offensive security engagement and helping defenders to understand weaknesses and overcome them or building up security management systems for organizations. He has seen it all. Paired with a profound understanding of the business side, Valentin can bridge the gap between techies and management to ensure your organization is ready for today’s challenges in a digital world.

Head of Legal

Felix Suter

Felix Suter, a Swiss national, graduated from the University of Zurich and holds a degree as an Attorney at law. With over 17 years of experience as an Attorney at law, he currently works out of his own law firm. He is both legal adviser and a board member of different companies. Previous employment includes the District Court of Zurich, Alpina Insurance, Zurich and Swiss Union Bank in Basle. He speaks German, English and French.