Cornelius Kölbel has more than 20 years experience in IT services. Since 2003 he focused on IT security. His expertise is in the area of content security, encryption and strong authentication. As head of product management he has been in charge of the design and development of the authentication product LinOTP and gave many talks about authentication on several fairs and events.

In 2014 he followed the calling of his heart and founded the NetKnights GmbH which now provides services around two factor authentication and special services with the privacyIDEA Enterprise Edition.