Since 2009, Dr. Leopold is with the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology where he heads the Digital Safety and Security Center. Before AIT he was with Telekom Austria, the largest network operator in Austria. As acting CTO ‎he was the driving force of the ‎broadband product innovation program. He has always been actively involved in research projects at EU level, international standardization as well as various industry bodies. He holds a Masters’ degree in Computer Science from the Vienna University of Technology and a PhD from the University of Lancaster, UK.