Manuel Nedbal is CEO and Co-Founder of SecurITe, a healthcare-focused cybersecurity company building agentic AI security platforms for hospitals and critical infrastructure worldwide.

Manuel holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz and spent over two decades at Silicon Valley's leading security firms, including McAfee and Intel, before co-founding ShieldX Networks.

Manuel is a multi-patent inventor who pioneered the first 10 Gbps deep packet inspection appliance at McAfee and led Intel's Open Security Controller vision, making him a recognized innovator in network security architecture.

Prior to SecurITe, Manuel co-founded ShieldX Networks as CTO, a Silicon Valley multi-cloud security startup later acquired by Fortinet, and served as Chief Architect for Software Defined Security at Intel's Security Solutions Division.

SecurITe has already onboarded more than 30 enterprise customers, launched its flagship agentis360 platform at DMEA 2026 in Berlin, and closed a double-digit million euro Seed round, with a 50-person team spanning Austria, Silicon Valley, and Bangalore.