Leadership Team

The Board Chair is the lead of the NESSI Board. The Steering Committee Chair is the lead of the NESSI Steering Committee and is the vital and central management role in NESSI. The Steering Committee Chair is supported by the Steering Committee Vice Chair. The Treasurer manages the NESSI finances.

Leadership Team

Josef Urban

Josef Urban

Board Chair

Chief expert for security and software technologies in Nokia Bell Labs CTO

Colin Upstill

Colin Upstill

Steering Committee Chair

Professor Emeritus in Information Technology at the University of Southampton and consultant to Information Catalyst (ICE) and RED Scientific

Andreas Metzger

Andreas Metzger

Steering Committee Vice Chair

Adjunct Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen and head of the group “Adaptive Systems” at paluno, the Ruhr Institute for Software Technology

Antonis Ramfos

Antonis Ramfos

Treasurer

Innovation & Business Development Director at ATC