Our Team
Who we are
We are a small team of computer scientists, mathematicians and software engineers passionate about computer science and mathematics, and their application to information security. We specialize in classical/(post-)quantum cryptography, applied logic, software security, artificial intelligence and cyber-physical system security.
Arash Atashpendar
Founder – CTO
CTO
Dr. Arash Atashpendar, CTO at itrust Abstractions Lab, is a research scientist and software engineer specialising in (post-)quantum/classical cryptography, algorithmics and mathematical software implementation, with 12 years of experience in academic research in theoretical computer science and mathematics and 20 years of experience in programming and software engineering. He holds a PhD in Computer Science, specialized in quantum-safe cryptography and information theory.
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Itzel Vazquez Sandoval
Founder – R&D Scientist
R&D scientist
Dr. Itzel Vazquez Sandoval is an R&D scientist at itrust Abstractions Lab.
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Carlo Harpes
Founder – CEO
CEO
Dr. Carlo Harpes is an expert in information and computer security, with 32 years of experience in consulting, research, education, and standardization. He is the founder (in 2007) and managing director of itrust consulting, and managing director and cofounder of itrust Abstractions Lab (2022). Prior to this, he had been Managing Director and Head of Security, Audit, and Governance of Security at Telindus PSF (3 years), and before, during 8 years, he had been CISO and head of Risk management at CETREL S.C., the electronic payment operator in Luxembourg.
Carlo Harpes holds a PhD in information techniques and cryptography, as well as an electrical engineering diploma from EPF Zurich. He was PKI expert registered at ILNAS, External 27001 lead auditor, and assistant professor associated to the University of Luxembourg. Furthermore, he is one of the founding members of CLUSIL and national representative of ISO/IEC JTC1 SC27 for almost 20 years.
Ensuifudine Omar
Founder – CIO
CIO
Ensuifudine OMAR has been analyst developer at itrust consulting and itrust Abstractions Lab since 2012 and 2023, respectively. He holds a Master’s degree in ‘IHM’ Human Machine Interface, Informatics from the University Paul Verlaine Metz.
He works in software development and develops tools such as TRICK Service, Software Checker, Vulnerability Management System (a tool developed for the TREsPASS and ATENA project), and on a pseudo anonymization project for Centre de gestion informatique de l’éducation (CGIE).
In 2020 he was promoted to ICT Manager, Head of Department Software Development and took over the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO).
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Agnese gini
R&D Specialist
R&D Specialist
Dr. Agnese Gini joined itrust Abstractions Lab in November 2023 as security R&D specialist. She holds a PhD in computer science, specialized in cryptography, which she received from the University of Luxembourg. She was part of the group of Prof. Jean-Sébastien Coron and affiliated to the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) research center. Agnese also holds a master’s degree in mathematics specialized in computer algebra and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with exams in computer science.
As a doctoral researcher she developed algorithms for cryptanalysis via lattices, multivariate polynomial systems and statistical learning-based techniques. Her work contributed to solving a twenty-year-old open question, with impact in theoretical computer science, secure efficient computation, and privacy in federate learning. As a postdoctoral researcher she also investigated security properties of Boolean functions with application in hybrid homomorphic encryption.
During her time at the University of Luxembourg she served as instructor in security and programming courses and supervised several student projects. She took part in training about blockchain, machine learning and high-performance computing, as well as the Euraxess Luxembourg 2getthere programme. She also joined the Women4Cyber European Mentorship 2023 programme.
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Camar Houssein
ICT admin & developer
ICT administrator and developer
Camar Houssein joined itrust Abstractions Lab in August 2023 as ICT administrator and developer. Since 2003, Camar holds a Bachelor´s Degree in Public and Administrative Law awarded from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. In 2021, he successfully completed a one-year Security Operations (SecOps) oriented cybersecurity training at Technobel (Ciney, Belgium) where he acquired wide-ranging skills in SIEM solutions (Splunk, IBM Qradar), log analysis, incident handling (NIST), mgt. of firewalls and IPS/IDS (Cisco ASA, Firepower), and vulnerability assessment (Nessus).
Camar worked as an IT technician and trainer in Belgium, providing computer hardware/software/network support, developed and provided thematic workshops (i.e. social engineering, and secure digital usage of banking assets). In 2022, he participated as external consultant in a multi-site migration project (Paris, Luxembourg, and Brussels) supporting CANDRIAM Investment Funds in Luxembourg in migrating IT infrastructure to new OS version, managing user devices, installing software and security certificates, and handling log reports.
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