Dr Wieland Alge is the General Manager EMEA at Barracuda Networks. Dr Alge has over two decades of experience in sales, strategy and technology in the field of information technology-security/connectivity. Due to his experience in designing and implementing international security projects, Dr Alge has a profound knowledge in the field of application. He holds a PhD in Natural Sciences from the University Innsbruck, where he was responsible for the development of the Unix / Linux network for parallel computing and was also an Assistant Lecturer and Research Assistant. In 2008 he was recognised as "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young.