Our Team

Our Team


Isabel Barbera

Isabel Barbera

Co-Founder

Isabel 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.

Isabel Barbera

Martijn Korse

Co-Founder

Martijn 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

Lea Magnano

UX Design, Strategy & AI Transparency Consultant

Lea 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

Alexia Muresan

AI Consultant

Alexia 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

Collaborators & Advisors


Anna Danes

Anna Danes

AI Collaborator

Data 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

Ian Oliver

Privacy Engineering Collaborator

Distinguished 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

Jason Cronk

Privacy Engineering Collaborator

Author 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

Marisa van Velzen

Marketing advisor

Business & Marketing Strateeg at Meridaux

Nancy Irisarri Méndez

Nancy Irisarri Méndez

AI Collaborator

Developer & 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.