

His responsibilities also include Corporate Development and M&A. He is responsible for developing, communicating, and executing the company’s strategy including leading major transformation projects. Julio Bezerra is Avast’s Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer. Julio Bezerra Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer Baloo is a faculty member of the Singularity University since 2017, where she regularly lectures. Baloo has spoken widely at high profile conferences such as RSA, TEDx and Codemotion on topics including Lawful Interception, VoIP & Mobile Security, Cryptography, and Quantum Communications Networks. Baloo is currently a member of EU Quantum having been a member of the EU High Level Steering Committee for the FET Quantum Flagship from 2016 - 2017. She serves on the audit committee of TIIN capital, a cybersecurity fund, and is also a member of the IT Committee of Sociale Verzekeringsbank. Baloo has been working in the field of information security, with a focus on secure network architecture, for over 20 years and sits on the advisory boards of the NL’s National Cyber Security Centre, PQCrypto and Flagship Strategic. In 2019, she was also selected as one of the fifty most inspiring women in the Netherlands by Inspiring Fifty, a non-profit aiming to raise diversity in technology by making female role models in technology more visible. Baloo is formally recognized within the list of top 100 CISOs globally and ranks among the top 100 security influencers worldwide. Baloo also held the position of Practice Lead Lawful Interception at Verizon, and worked at France Telecom as a Technical Security Specialist. Baloo held the position of CISO at KPN, the largest telecommunications carrier in the Netherlands, where she established and lead its security team whose best practices in strategy and policy are today recognized as world leading. Jaya Baloo is Avast’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and joined Avast in October 2019. Jaya Baloo Chief Information Security Officer He also worked at University of Southern California, University of Edinburgh, State University of New York at Binghamton and University of Calgary. Pechoucek graduated from University of Edinburgh and gained his PhD in Artificial Intelligence at CTU in Prague. He also co-founded a research-oriented study programme, Open Informatics, which offers a choice of different subjects, combines different areas of informatics and approaches and continues to be taught today. Pechoucek spent over twenty years as a professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the Czech Technical University (CTU) in Prague, during which time he led the Department of Computer Science and founded the Artificial Intelligence Center in 2001. He is also responsible for the company’s scientific research in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, and cybersecurity. Pechoucek leads the core technology and R&D teams supporting the work of the Avast Threat Labs, Big Data and innovation teams. Michal Pechoucek joined Avast as CTO in September 2019.


Michal Pechoucek Chief Technology Officer He is a recognized industry speaker having delivered keynotes at a number of high-profile events including RSA, Web Summit, Black Hat and SXSW. Vlcek holds an MS in Mathematics from Czech Technical University in Prague. Vlcek was chief developer, heading the team that developed one of the first ever antivirus programs for Windows.
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In this role, he led Avast’s transformation from a traditional PC antivirus vendor to the leading provider of a full portfolio of protection, privacy, and performance products for consumers. Previously, he held the combined position of Executive Vice-President & General Manager, Consumer, and Chief Technology Officer. Vlcek was also a key member of the executive team that took the company public on the London Stock Exchange in May 2018. Vlcek was previously President of Avast Consumer, the largest business within the Company, and directed the development of Avast’s artificial intelligence-based cloud security network. Together with his senior management team, he executes on Avast’s vision to deliver people-centric security and spearheads the Company's product innovation program for emerging consumer technology categories, including the Internet of Things and 5G security. Ondrej Vlcek serves as Chief Executive Officer for Avast.
