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Erik Hajnal

Chief Information Security Officer at Valence

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Overview

Erik Hajnal serves as Chief Information Security Officer at Valence [1][3]. Hajnal holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from Københavns Universitet (2014–2016) [11] and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Budapest University of Technology and Economics (2010–2014) [13]. Prior to the current role, Hajnal held the position of Chief Information Security Officer at Tradeshift from June 2023 to March 2025 [4], and progressed through several security engineering positions at the same organization beginning in May 2015 [5][6][7][8]. Hajnal's professional philosophy emphasizes making security more approachable and reducing stigma within the field, with a focus on connecting security teams to business objectives [2].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

I'm all about making security more approachable, and removing the "police officer" stigma from our field. Coming from a computer science & business background, I put a lot of focus on better connecting security teams to the business.

Career history

  1. Chief Information Security OfficerMar 2025 to presentValence
  2. Chief Information Security OfficerJun 2023 to Mar 2025Tradeshift
  3. Director of Security EngineeringOct 2020 to Jun 2023Tradeshift
  4. Manager of Application SecuritySep 2018 to Oct 2020Tradeshift
  5. Senior Application Security EngineerJun 2017 to Sep 2018Tradeshift
  6. Application Security EngineerMay 2015 to Jun 2017Tradeshift
  7. Software DeveloperJan 2014 to Jun 2014Reignsoft Zrt.
  8. Software developerJun 2012 to Jan 2014Neostratus

Education

  1. Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science2014 - 2016Københavns Universitet, University of Copenhagen
  2. Computer Science2012 - 2013Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))
  3. Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Engineering2010 - 2014Budapest University of Technology and Economics

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