Our Team
Isabel Barbera
Co-FounderIsabel Barberá is the heart of Rhite.
With a multidisciplinary background in privacy and security, engineering, law and ethics, she guides organisations in the design and implementation of responsible digital solutions. She is an advocate of privacy and security by design and passionate about the protection of human rights.
Isabel is the author of the open-source AI assessment tool PLOT4.ai, a threat modeling library and methodology that helps organisations build Responsible AI systems.
Martijn Korse
Co-FounderMartijn Korse is the technical core of Rhite.
Martijn has a long career in the field of software engineering, DevSecOps and cybersecurity. Besides that he also has a background in psychology and philosophy.
Like Isabel, Martijn has a passion for privacy and security by design and he is also a strong advocate of responsible human-centered design.
Lea Magnano
UX Design, Strategy & AI Transparency ConsultantLea is a UX and Strategy Designer with a focus on the usability and transparency of digital products. Committed to promoting responsible technology, she uses visual communication and storytelling to make Trustworthy AI both user-friendly and accessible to all. Lea's human-centered approach ensures that every design element is crafted with people in mind, mediating between Artificial Intelligence and human agency. Her work fosters interactions that are based on trust and inclusivity, empowering users while respecting their rights.
Alexia Muresan
AI ConsultantAlexia is an AI Consultant, specialising in fairness and responsible design and deployment of AI systems. With a background in AI Engineering and Business, she offers holistic support to optimise business development while making ethical and trustworthy AI a priority.
Collaborators & Advisors
Anna Danes
AI CollaboratorData Ethics - Operationalizing AI Ethics | 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2023 | Ricaris and MVT CoFounder
Anna Danes helps organizations develop AI ethically by creating frameworks and methods that guide their practices.
She has expertise in bringing organizational and cultural changes to companies through designing and implementing operational guidelines and functional processes.
Her work targets leadership, C-level, engineering, and product teams.
She applies her previous experience as a Remote Teams Consultant for organizations like Comcast, Infor, and the US Government to tech companies that want to embed Ethics in their DNA.
She can work with large multicultural organizations and startups alike.
She knows how to foster cultural and structural changes organically without compromising innovation.
Anna is an active member of OdiseIA, a non-profit independent Observatory of the Ethical and Societal Impacts of Artificial Intelligence.
She has given keynote speeches at the biggest Software Development Conferences in Europe and taught as a guest at the UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
and at the HBS focusing on AI Ethics in the Health and Pharma sectors.
Anna has a Bachelor’s in Humanities from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, a Bachelor’s in Communication from Universitat Ramon Llull, as well as studies of Ethics, Technology and Engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology and Data Ethics, AI and Responsible Innovation from The University of Edinburgh.
She is currently focusing on consulting as well as designing and facilitating AI Ethics courses and workshops.
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Ian Oliver
Privacy Engineering CollaboratorDistinguished Member of Technical Staff, Nokia Bell Labs, Finland
Dr. Oliver is a DMTS at Nokia Bell Labs specialising in Trusted and Confidential computing as applied to critical infrastructure, 5G, 6G and ORAN. He has a long background in privacy engineering and he is the author of the book: Privacy Engineering, a Dataflow and Ontological Approach
Jason Cronk
Privacy Engineering CollaboratorAuthor of “Strategic Privacy by Design” | Privacy Engineer | CIPT, CIPM, CIPP/US, FIP | President of Enterprivacy Consulting Group and the Institute of Operational Privacy Design
With over two decades of experience in principle and trust consulting, R. Jason Cronk is a seasoned privacy engineer, developer, lawyer, author of the IAPP textbook “Strategic Privacy by Design,” Section Leader of the IAPP’s Privacy Engineering Section, and founder and president of the Institute of Operational Privacy Design, a non-profit organization of privacy professionals which seeks to define and drive the adoption of common and comprehensive standards to protect individuals’ privacy. His knowledge and involvement reaches across the spectrum as an active member of the academic, engineering, legal and professional privacy communities and a pioneering voice in the development of privacy by design. Whether it is writing books, developing models and frameworks, or training companies and individuals alike, he is tirelessly advocating for privacy across the world read more
Marisa van Velzen
Marketing advisorBusiness & Marketing Strateeg at Meridaux
Nancy Irisarri Méndez
AI CollaboratorDeveloper & Data Scientist
Data Scientist with machine learning and deep learning experience, object-oriented programming, and data privacy (CIPT certified). Advanced understanding of statistics and other analytical techniques. Team player, motivated and creative with significant background in research and development and in the health sector.