Mirel Sehic is the vice president general manager (VPGM) of cybersecurity for Honeywell Building Technologies (HBT). He leads a team that is responsible for educating and helping customers’ efforts to protect their operational technology (OT) cybersecurity critical infrastructure environments. Mirel oversees the cybersecurity business globally, including the integration with development, partnerships, marketing of solutions, sales and operations.

Mirel joined Honeywell in 2010 and in each of his previous roles he worked to address challenges, drive new breakthrough growth opportunities, develop efficiencies and promote best practice excellence across the ever-changing IT and OT cybersecurity landscape.

Mirel is an advisor of the World Economic Forum’s Cyber Resilience Task Force and sits on the board of directors for the Global Center for Cybersecurity @ Cortex and Building Cyber Security nonprofit organizations.

Mirel received a Bachelor of Engineering in mechatronics and robotics and a Bachelor of Science, mathematical modelling from Deakin University, Australia. Mirel remains active as an educator and is an Adjunct Professor at Washington University’s Cybersecurity Management School.

Honeywell is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global macrotrends such as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 110,000 employees worldwide, including more than 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything we make and do.