About

Hi! I am Marvin and this is my blog that is mostly about technical topics. I have previously blogged about bigger experiences of mine (now offline) like a research visit to the North Carolina State University (NCSU, USA) while I was a Ph.D. student at the Chair for Embedded Systems at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, Germany). Katharina and I have also blogged together about our first years in Sweden 🇸🇪, our home since we moved here with our then 6 month old child in January 2020 (right before the pandemic really hit 😁). Today, we are a family of four living on the Swedish countryside (about an hour east of Gothenburg, right outside of Borås) and are feeling more Swedish by the day.

From 2020 to summer 2025, I was a researcher at the Dependable Transport Systems unit at RISE – Research Institutes of Sweden in Borås. I have worked with applied research in the context of EU regulations and industry standards on functional safety and cybersecurity. This often included prototyping of safety-critical systems (automotive, rail, mobile machinery, drones), and collaboration with industry stakeholders as well as multidisciplinary teams (more info here). During my time there I have learned a lot (starting with the Swedish language) and could develop myself very well professionally (as I am departing in the role of a Research Lead) as well as personally. Then, I had the roles of Cybersecurity Team Lead & Technical Management Consultant at a consultancy called Evidente Sweden AB in Gothenburg. I enjoy helping industry actors to manage EU and national regulations (NIS 2, EU Cyber Resilience Act, AI Act, …) including relevant standards, and have recently started my own company to focus on these assignments: Damschen Systems AB.

If you find anything on this blog relevant to your work, project, product or company, please feel free to reach out! 😊

All posts and thoughts on this blog are personal.