Ruben has been working for the Dutch National police for over 22 years. He started patrolling the streets of Rotterdam and had a great variety of functions, from Riot police to assistant public prosecutor immigration and criminal law and from detective to account manager public private partnership in the cybercrime unit of Rotterdam. Innovation has been a common thread throughout his career. Always looking for possibilities to make policework better, easier and more fun. With an aim to boost safety & security and/or the service provided by the police. After guiding various experiments throughout the organization. He has recently found a passion to fight cybercrime. As he states: “Cybercrime is the innovation of crime, you need to be very agile to fight it effectively. Luckily, I have an awesome team with a variety of specialists who all share a goal to fight impactful cybercrime to protect society against it.”