Alexey Kirichenko

Alexey is Research Collaboration Manager at the University of Jyväskylä, coordinating R&I efforts in European projects in the cybersecurity domain. Between 1997 and 2023, he worked at F-Secure (now WithSecure), first leading the development of the cryptographic modules and authorization infrastructure of the company and then as Head of External Collaboration. Prior to joining F-Secure, he worked in the area of Computer Graphics at Altsys Corporation, Richardson, TX.

Since 2016, Alexey’s been contributing to the efforts of WG6 (Technologies & Innovation and Defence & Space) of the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO). He’s also one of the trainers of the national team of Finland for the International Mathematical Olympiad.