Secomea Expands Product and Technology Investment to Advance Secure OT Remote Access
Secomea, a worldwide provider of secure remote connectivity for industrial operational technology (OT), has announced a major expansion of its product and technology teams. The company is doubling its investment in product development to drive faster innovation, improved scalability, and sustained leadership in its market category.
This expansion comes in response to Secomea’s rapidly growing customer base and rising demand for secure, compliant, and user-friendly remote access solutions designed specifically for manufacturing and industrial environments.
“Secure remote connectivity is now a foundational requirement for modern manufacturing,” said Michael Ferdinandsen, CEO of Secomea. “With cyber threats increasing, regulatory demands tightening, and global collaboration becoming the norm, manufacturers and machine builders need solutions engineered for OT from the ground up—not repurposed IT tools. Increasing our product investment allows us to stay ahead of these challenges and continue delivering long-term value.”
As part of this initiative, Secomea is reinforcing its leadership team by promoting high-performing internal talent and onboarding experienced industry professionals. This expanded leadership group will guide the company’s product direction, accelerate the delivery of advanced technologies, and advance a long-term platform strategy aimed at reshaping industrial connectivity.
Knud Kegel has broadened his responsibilities, moving from Chief Product Officer (CPO) to Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTPO). In this role, he will oversee product management, engineering execution, and platform architecture within a unified strategic framework—ensuring closer alignment between customer needs, innovation, and technical delivery.
“Our customers depend on Secomea for a mission-critical function: secure access to cyber-physical systems without disrupting operations,” said Knud Kegel, CTPO at Secomea. “Bringing product and technology leadership together enables us to move faster, scale more intelligently, and continue building a platform tailored to the realities of OT environments.”
To further enhance its engineering capabilities, Secomea has appointed Thomas Have as Vice President of Engineering. Have brings extensive leadership experience from senior technology roles, most recently serving as SVP of Engineering at LogPoint, where he helped build and scale enterprise-grade security platforms within highly regulated industries.
“Secomea sits at the crossroads of cybersecurity, compliance, and operational reliability,” said Thomas Have, VP of Engineering. “Succeeding in that space requires strong technical discipline and a deep understanding of real-world customer workflows. I’m excited to help scale a platform purpose-built for industrial use.”
Alongside these changes, Secomea is launching a dedicated product marketing function to strengthen its market positioning, articulate customer value more clearly, and reinforce its leadership in secure remote access for OT. The function will be led by Ingrid Arem Gundersen, a long-standing product leader at Secomea, who will focus on aligning customer needs, product strengths, and market messaging.
“As this category evolves, clarity becomes essential,” said Ingrid Arem Gundersen. “Our goal is to clearly communicate why Secomea exists, who it serves, and how it delivers value—whether for OT security teams, uptime leaders, or global service organizations.”
With cyber threats and regulatory requirements continuing to intensify, and machine builders expanding global service operations, Secomea remains focused on investing where it matters most: delivering a secure, dependable, and intuitive platform that protects the factory floor while enabling seamless collaboration across the industrial ecosystem.
This expansion comes in response to Secomea’s rapidly growing customer base and rising demand for secure, compliant, and user-friendly remote access solutions designed specifically for manufacturing and industrial environments.
“Secure remote connectivity is now a foundational requirement for modern manufacturing,” said Michael Ferdinandsen, CEO of Secomea. “With cyber threats increasing, regulatory demands tightening, and global collaboration becoming the norm, manufacturers and machine builders need solutions engineered for OT from the ground up—not repurposed IT tools. Increasing our product investment allows us to stay ahead of these challenges and continue delivering long-term value.”
As part of this initiative, Secomea is reinforcing its leadership team by promoting high-performing internal talent and onboarding experienced industry professionals. This expanded leadership group will guide the company’s product direction, accelerate the delivery of advanced technologies, and advance a long-term platform strategy aimed at reshaping industrial connectivity.
Knud Kegel has broadened his responsibilities, moving from Chief Product Officer (CPO) to Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTPO). In this role, he will oversee product management, engineering execution, and platform architecture within a unified strategic framework—ensuring closer alignment between customer needs, innovation, and technical delivery.
“Our customers depend on Secomea for a mission-critical function: secure access to cyber-physical systems without disrupting operations,” said Knud Kegel, CTPO at Secomea. “Bringing product and technology leadership together enables us to move faster, scale more intelligently, and continue building a platform tailored to the realities of OT environments.”
To further enhance its engineering capabilities, Secomea has appointed Thomas Have as Vice President of Engineering. Have brings extensive leadership experience from senior technology roles, most recently serving as SVP of Engineering at LogPoint, where he helped build and scale enterprise-grade security platforms within highly regulated industries.
“Secomea sits at the crossroads of cybersecurity, compliance, and operational reliability,” said Thomas Have, VP of Engineering. “Succeeding in that space requires strong technical discipline and a deep understanding of real-world customer workflows. I’m excited to help scale a platform purpose-built for industrial use.”
Alongside these changes, Secomea is launching a dedicated product marketing function to strengthen its market positioning, articulate customer value more clearly, and reinforce its leadership in secure remote access for OT. The function will be led by Ingrid Arem Gundersen, a long-standing product leader at Secomea, who will focus on aligning customer needs, product strengths, and market messaging.
“As this category evolves, clarity becomes essential,” said Ingrid Arem Gundersen. “Our goal is to clearly communicate why Secomea exists, who it serves, and how it delivers value—whether for OT security teams, uptime leaders, or global service organizations.”
With cyber threats and regulatory requirements continuing to intensify, and machine builders expanding global service operations, Secomea remains focused on investing where it matters most: delivering a secure, dependable, and intuitive platform that protects the factory floor while enabling seamless collaboration across the industrial ecosystem.
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