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Wam Voster

Wam Voster

VP Analyst

6 years at Gartner,  34 years industry experience

Location:  Netherlands  | Language(s):  Dutch, English

Roles and Responsibilities

Wam Voster is a Vice President in Gartner Research, focused on security and risk management. He advises clients on the security of Operational Technology (OT) sometime referred to as ICS security or SCADA security and issues related to security management, security organization and security governance. Mr. Voster has extensive experience in both directing and advising security programs in complex environments. He is a seasoned IT professional with a background in the Oil and Gas industry as well as in the fast moving consumer goods sector. Of his 34 years in the IT industry, the last 14 years were dedicated to information security. He is based in the Netherlands, but for most of his career, he either managed or advised on large programs around the globe.

Background

Previous Experience

Mr. Voster has worked for 18 years in total in the Oil & Gas industry: Seven years at Raytheon Engineers and 11 years at Shell. Responsibilities included setting up and restructuring IT and security organizations globally and various strategy roles. When he was working for Unilever, Mr. Voster was initially IT manager, but later focused on development and deployment of data warehousing and enterprise application integration solutions.

Professional Background

  • Raytheon, Information Systems Consultant, 7 years
  • Shell, Strategy Manager, 11 years
  • Unilever, Delivery Manager, 8 years

Education

  • Bachelor's Degree, Civil Engineering

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