Guido Grillenmeier is the Principal Technologist of Semperis in EMEA. Based in Germany, Guido has been a Microsoft MVP for Directory Services for 12 years. He spent 20+ years at HP/HPE as Chief Engineer. A frequent presenter at technology conferences and contributor to technical journals, Guido is the co-author of Microsoft Windows Security Fundamentals. He’s helped various customers secure their Active Directory environments, and supported their transition to Windows 10/m365 and Azure cloud services and Entra ID identities.

Guido is passionate about Identity Management and Business Continuity. In today's era of cybercrime and ransomware attacks, it is crucial to be well-prepared to protect and, if necessary, recover corporate identities and core business systems, both on-premises and in the cloud. In general, crisis planning should not begin when an incident occurs; proactive preparation is essential.