Course Director

Albert Pichlmaier

Albert Pichlmaier is Senior Learning Technology Designer with Drew Academy and concurrently Senior Cybersecurity & Privacy Engineer with Drew & Napier’s Data Protection, Privacy & Cybersecurity practice. He holds a degree in Computer Science from a German tertiary institution. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), a holder of the Singapore WSQ Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP), and a certified Blockchain Developer. Albert is credited as an inventor of two patents granted in Germany and other countries. His technical expertise provides Drew & Napier and our clients with a wide-ranging perspective on matters involving Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning, Blockchain Development, Data Analytics, Big Data, and Data Visualisation, amongst others. For the courses and webinars under the Drew Academy, he draws from this pool of knowledge and experience to explain technical content to non-technical audiences, develop proof-of-concept and learning tools, and engage with experts on finer details.

Albert was formerly an Executive Manager with the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC), where he was involved in technology assessments for data breach investigations, research into trending / disruptive technologies and advising on technical aspects of various PDPC guidelines and publications (amongst other matters). Prior to his role with the PDPC, Albert worked in several technology-related roles with Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and various companies in Germany, Spain and Singapore including as Vice President of research and development, lead testware engineer and software engineer. He was also a technopreneur, having set up a company to provide testing tools for embedded systems and smartcard applications.