Ulf Munkedal

CEO, FortConsult

Ulf Munkedal started working with IT security in 1997, when he co-founded the Danish security company Neupart & Munkedal. Neupart & Munkedal grew successfully in Scandinavia and moved its headquarter to the US in 2000 where it established itself as VIGILANTe.com Inc. Ulf Munkedal was CEO of VIGILANTe until 2001 and raised more than $16 million from investors. He was very visible in both Danish and US media and in 2000 he was chosen as one of the Top30 CEOs in the US aged 30 years or below.

Today Ulf Munkedal is back in Denmark, leading the IT security company FortConsult, which he founded in 2002. FortConsult specializes in vulnerability expertise and knowledge, its primary offerings being unbiased consulting services and vulnerability assessment services. As an successful executive and high profiled security expert Ulf Munkedal has a strong network among executives in the largest and most security focused companies in Denmark. FortConsult has experienced a revenue growth of more than 40% per year and has been profitable since its inception.

Before his entrance into the IT security space, Ulf Munkedal worked with data communication and network management, i.e. as VP of Engineering at CapaCity Software (later Computer Associates). He holds a B.Sc. degree in E.E./C.S.

Ulf Munkedal also enjoys helping other IT entrepreneurs and is on the board of a number of start-ups.