Walther Knijff

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Walther Adriaan Knijff     

Date of birth: 22nd September 1960

Nationality: Dutch ( Netherlands)

Gender: male

Address: Nijenrode 2

Zipcode: 2352JK                                                                                                   

City: Leiderdorp

Country: Netherlands

Degree Level: bachelor electrical engineering, propedeuse  dutch law

Industry: government( security and telecom), telecom industry, defence laboratory

Last employer: home office

Present part time employer: ministry of justice and security, senior security advisor

Experience:

Company: home office

Location: The Hague Netherlands

Duration: 2001 – 2020

Title: senior security policy advisor, project leader

Description: As senior security policy advisor, and project leader,  i was responsible for developing technical solutions for the protection of the national security.  I have written  technical and legal specifications and prepared budgets. 

Company: ministry of infrastructure and water management

Location: The Hague Netherlands

Duration: 1999 – 2001

Title: senior security policy advisor

Description: As senior security policy advisor i was responsible for drafting policies to protect the national telecommunications infrastructure and to advise  lawyers concerning new legislation. 

Company: home office

Location: The Hague Netherlands

Duration: 1993-1999 

Title: senior security policy advisor

Description: As senior policy advisor i was responsible for drafting policies for the protection of national security. Concerning national security i was also responsible for the liason en co-operation with the national police and the ministery of defense. 

Company: KPN-Telecom

Location: The Hague Netherlands

Duration: 1987 – 1993

Title: technical policy officer/project leader

Description: technical policy officer responsible for drafting policies for the protection of the national telecomunications infrastructure against electromagnetic disturbances and lightning strikes. 

Company: TNO defense laboratories

Location: The Hague Netherlands

Duration: 1983 – 1987

Title: research worker

Description: As a research worker i worked for the national defense of the Netherlands , responsible for designing techniques and drafting policies to protect defence systems against the electromagnetic pulse. This is the electromagnetic shock wave which is generated by a nucleair explosion. The protective techniques which i designed were implemented on radio towers, naval ships, military airplanes and all kinds of ground systems of the army. I also carried out large technical projects and was in charge of projects with both military and civil staff with different ranks. 

Education:

School name: Technical Highschool Rijswijk ,The Netherlands

Degree: bachelors degree in electrical engineering and ICT

School name: University of Leiden, The Netherlands 

Degree: propedeuse dutch law

School name: government school ( internal course) 

Subject: project management

School name: government school ( internal course)

Subject: policy making

Languages:

English: fluent

Dutch: native language