| | Caspar Bowden is an independent advocate for information privacy rights, and public understanding of privacy research in computer science. He is a specialist in EU Data Protection, European and US surveillance law, PET research, identity management, and information ethics. He is author of 2013 EU Parliament inquiry briefing on the US FISA law, and co-authored the 2012 Note on privacy and Cloud computing (which anticipated the infringements to EU data sovereignty disclosed by Edward Snowden). For nine years he was Chief Privacy Adviser for Microsoft for forty countries, and previously co-founded and was first director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (www.fipr.org). He was an expert adviser for UK Parliamentary legislation, and co-organized six public conferences on encryption, data retention, and interception policy. He has previous careers in financial engineering and risk management, and software engineering (systems, 3D games, applied cryptography), including work with Goldman Sachs, Microsoft Consulting Services, Acorn, Research Machines, and IBM. He founded the Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies, is a fellow of the British Computer Society, and a member of the advisory bodies of several civil society associations. |
| 1979-1982 | BA First Class Honours, Department of Geography, University of Lancaster |
| 1983-1984 | MSc, Transport Studies, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Awarded 1986 |
| 1984-1987 | PhD, Economic Geography, University of Bristol, Awarded 1988 |
| 1986 | Lecturer, Department of Extra Mural Studies, University of Bristol |
| 1987-1989 | Research Associate, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle on Tyne |
| 1989-1995 | Lecturer, PREST, University of Manchester |
| 1995-2001 | Senior Lecturer, PREST, University of Manchester |
| 1997-2000 | National Expert, IPTS, European Commission, Seville |
| 2000-2003 | Project Manager, Futures Project, IPTS, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Seville |
| 2003 | Acting Head of Unit, "Support to the European Research Area", Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, European Commission, Seville |
| 2003-2004 | eEurope Action Plan Head of Sector, DG Information Society, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2004-2008 | Member, Cabinet of Commissioner Reding, Information Society and Media, European Commission, Brussels |
| 2009-2010 | Head of Unit, Digital Agenda: Policy Coordination, DG Information Society & Media, European Commission, Brussels |
| since 2012 | Head of Unit Software & Services, Cloud, DG Connect, European Commission, Brussels |
| 1984-2005 | Master of Computer Science, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| since 1988 | Co-Founder and member of the Managing Board, Fabasoft AG, Linz |
| 1989-1995 | Digital Corporation, Digital Linkworks |
| 2005-2012 | Postgraduate Professional Education: General Management Seminar for Executives, Marketing Program St.Gallen; Leadership-Week Boston; Finance-Week London; Executive School St. Gallen |
| since 2013 | Collaboration, Cloud Select Industry Group on Code of Conduct, Digital Agenda for Europe, A Europe 2020 Initiative |
| since 2014 | Advisory Board Member, IT-Cluster Upper Austria |
| Participant, Political Innovation think tank Re:think Austria, European Forum Alpbach |
| since 2016 | Member, Official Contact of Fabasoft AG in the ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute |
| Management Board Member, Federation of Austrian Industry, Upper Austria |
| President, Managing Board of the "Talente OÖ" Society (Upper Austrian Talents) |
| 1978 | Diploma in Economic Sciences (Operation Research/ Informatics) |
| 1979-1983 | Member of scientific staff, Department of Prof. Dr. G. Krueger, Institute for Telematics |
| 1983-1987 | Member of faculty staff, central computing services, computing centre |
| 1993-1997 | Technical director of Computing Centre, Computer Science Dept. Karlsruhe University |
| 1993-1999 | General Managing Director and Founder, Xlink, NTG, Internet Access Provider |
| 1999-2000 | Senior Vice President for Research and Development, regulation and international customers (B2B only), KPNQwest B.V., Amsterdam |
| 2000-2002 | General Managing Director, VIA NET.WORKS Deutschland GmbH, Internet Access and managed software services (B2B only) |
| 2003-2004 | Chief Executive Officer, GTEN AG, Lawful Interception devices for Carriers |
| 2005-2006 | Founding Brightman parsons GmbH, Consulting and projects in the area of internet interception, data reconstruction and security |
| since 2006 | Chief Executive Officer and Founder, maxspot GmbH- Free WLAN Services |
| since 2013 | Political Intelligence, External Senior Consultant, London, Brussels, Madrid, Lisbon, Rome |
| | Ph. D. in Political Science and Economy |
| 1991-1994 | Freelance Journalist for Print, Radio and Television, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk |
| 1994-1999 | Editor, Moderator and Shift Supervisor, Politics and News Desk, Bayerischer Rundfunk |
| since 1999 | ARD-Correspondent for Austria and Southeastern Europe, ARD-Studio, Vienna |
| since 2006 | President of the Foreign Press Association, Vienna |
