Before joining SECONI, Villads worked at STARK Group as an IT Security Operations Specialist and Cyber Security Engineer. He served as group-wide Service Owner for Microsoft Defender XDR, Microsoft Sentinel, and the Security Operations Center, where he was responsible for strategy, operations, and continuous improvements across all business units. He also played a central role in designing and implementing Microsoft E5 security solutions, including Intune, ensuring secure and consistent adoption enterprise-wide.
Villads specializes in security architecture and the Microsoft security stack, applying this expertise to design and harden enterprise environments. He also focuses on building automation-driven Security Operations Centers (SOC), enhancing efficiency and response capabilities. Villads holds multiple Microsoft Security certifications.