He has spent his entire career working in air traffic management. He started 34 years ago working with Thales on aviation software development and project/product management. In 1999, he joined EUROCONTROL, where he led the safety assessment activities. In 2008, he moved to the SESAR JU, where he was the Head of the development framework for all transverse activities including security for six years.

Timo joined EUROCONTROL in May 2011 after 20 years of service in the German Armed Forces. His responsibilities in the past 11 years included:
•providing general ATM-CNS support to all 41 EUROCONTROL Member States
•coordinating civil-military and military-military ATM issues with the European Union (EU) and the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) as part of the EUROCONTROL support to the implementation of the SES (Single European Sky) and its ATM Research programme SESAR •contributing to ATM/CNS regulatory work with focus on the harmonisation of  procedures and the interoperability of systems as a prerequisite to enhancing the performance and efficiency of the European ATM Network
•managing the ATM threat and risk assessments in the context of the NEASCOG (NATO EUROCONTROL ATM Security Coordinating Group)

•supporting Member States, the EU and the SJU in enhancing the ATM and Airspace Security of the European ATM Network, in particular with regard to the risk assessment Network.During his time in the German Military he was assigned to NATO Air Field Neuburg a. d. Donau as ATS Technical Officer where he was responsible for the technical operations at the airfield including the CNS and IT personnel, the security of the different sites of the main airbase including the access control at all sites. During his international assignment in NATO he was appointed Head of the Technical Training Section for Radar Maintenance Personnel of NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen and as such responsible for the selection of candidates for instructor upgrade training and the training of multinational personnel on the modified radar system on board the NATO AWACS fleet. This training includes the theory and practice of Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electronic Counter-Countermeasures (ECCM). He developed training modules and internal qualification standards for NATO.

NAV PORTUGAL EPEHead of CyberSecurity Office – CISO & DPO
SOC - Security Operations Center
PROGESP – Special Projects
Head of Department – Systems Deployment and Logistics and Test & Development Platform and Systems
Project Manager of several ATM related projects amongst: Lisbon ACC New Ops Room, OJT System – On Job Training System, Faro TWR ATM & OJT.
FORMERLY, COMPANY STAFF OF ANA – AEROPORTOS E NAVEGAÇÃO AÉREA S.AATM System OperationsPGS-Project Planning and Management
PHD RESEARCHER – CYBER OPERATIONS – IUM
MS Information Warfare – AM
BS Eletronics and Telecomunications – IMPE
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
COOPANS – Chairman - Cybersecurity Experts Group
CANSO – Chairman – Cybersecurity Task Force
NEASCOG – Member - NATO Eurocontrol ATM Security Coordination Group