Ulf is the Chief Security Strategist at Protegrity, previously Head of Innovation at TokenEx, Chief Technology Officer at Atlantic BT, and earlier CTO at Compliance Engineering. Ulf was the CTO and a founder of Protegrity Technology. He invented the Protegrity Vaultless Tokenization and created the initial architecture of Protegrity's security technology.

At Protegrity he serves as a catalyst for innovation with an active role in shaping the product roadmap and strategy. Ulf works in industry standards bodies, has an active role in forming strategic partnerships and alliances across the industry, and represents Protegrity at C-level meetings with customers and prospects. Prior to Protegrity, Ulf worked 20 years at IBM software development and research, in the areas of IT Architecture and Security.

He is the inventor of more than 70 awarded/issued US Patents and worked in joint software development projects with research and development teams at IBM, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Teradata, and RSA Security. Ulf also worked as a leader in companies providing Data Discovery Services, Cloud Application Security Brokers, Web Application Firewalls, Managed Security Service, Security Operation Center, and in Cybersecurity consulting.

Leading journals and professions magazines, including IEEE Xplore, ISACA Journal, ISSA Journal, and IBM Journals, published more than 100 of his in-depth professional articles and papers. Ulf frequently gives presentations at leading security and database conferences in the US, Europe, and ASIA.

Ulf received a master's degree in physics in engineering from Chalmers University of Technology.