Jón Fannar Taylor
Building networks, products and companies since 1992.
Co-founder of Nanitor. Owner of Eldvarnir. Former Director of Product Management at Amdocs and ETSI NFV rapporteur. Board member and advisor. Based in Reykjanesbær, Iceland.
About
I have built networks, software and companies in Iceland and abroad since 1992, when I founded Network Communications in Keflavík, the first independent internet service provider in Iceland.
I spent twelve years working abroad, in London, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Ottawa and Bath. I worked as a network consultant for NCR, ran my own consultancy, and was a sales engineer and systems engineer for policy control vendors. I then spent eight years as Director of Product Management at Amdocs, where I represented the company at ETSI and was rapporteur for the NFV work item on VNF packaging.
In 2015 I joined Nanitor as a co-founder, and I have served as its COO and CEO. Nanitor builds Continuous Threat Exposure Management software for organisations in Europe and the Middle East. Alongside it I own and run Eldvarnir, a fire protection company my father founded in 1976. I live in Reykjanesbær.
Now
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Board and advisory
I take on board and advisory roles with technology and security companies, bringing three decades as a founder, product leader and operator.
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Exposure management
Helping organisations see what is actually exposed and fix what matters first.
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Building and operating companies
Product, delivery, finance and partners, usually all at once.
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Teaching and community
Teaching product development at Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurnesja; national treasurer of 41 Club Ísland.
Ventures
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Nanitor(external site)
Cybersecurity software for continuous threat exposure management
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Eldvarnir(external site)
Fire protection services since 1976, the oldest company of its type in Iceland
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Caze
Investment vehicle; invests in companies and property
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Lambda Professional Services
Consulting on optical metropolitan networks, London
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OK Communications
ISP formed from the merger with a rival
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Network Communications
Iceland's first independent ISP
Timeline
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2015 to present
Nanitor Reykjavík
Co-founder; COO 2019 to 2022; CEO 2022 to 2023; Chief Operating and Strategy Officer 2023 onward
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2011 to 2019
Amdocs Ottawa and Bath, CA, UK
Director of Product Management. Policy control, virtualisation, ETSI NFV; AT&T ECOMP co-creation, later ONAP
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2010 to 2011
Bridgewater Systems Ottawa, CA
Systems engineering, global interoperability team, director of product line management
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2009 to 2010
Tekelec (Camiant) Massachusetts, US
Consulting systems engineer for Vodafone operating companies
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2008 to present
Eldvarnir Keflavík
CEO
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2007 to 2009
Nýherji (Skyggnir) Reykjavík
Project manager
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2004 to 2007
TAZZ Networks Rhode Island, US
Senior sales engineer
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2003 to 2004
Lambda Professional Services London, UK
Founder
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2000 to 2003
NCR Worldwide Customer Services London, UK
Senior network consultant
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2000
BePaid.com London, UK
Network manager
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1999 to 2000
Islandia Internet, then Tal Reykjavík
ISP manager
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1996 to 1999
OK Communications Keflavík
Co-founder, CTO, chairman
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1992 to 1996
Network Communications Keflavík
Founder
Standards, education and community
Standards
- ETSI NFV: Amdocs delegate; rapporteur for the VNF packaging work item (VNF011)
- AT&T ECOMP and ONAP (Linux Foundation): co-creation programme
- 3GPP interoperability work and MultiService Forum delegate (Bridgewater)
Education
- Computer science, Tölvuháskóli Verzlunarskóla Íslands (now Reykjavík University), 1996 to 1999
- Business administration and economics, Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurnesja, 1992 to 1995
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
Community
- Teaches Vöruþróun (product development) in Meistaraskóli, Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurnesja
- National treasurer, 41 Club Ísland
Speaking and media
- GEC Media Group interview on CISO challenges
- Represented Nanitor at RSA Conference (San Francisco), GISEC Global (Dubai) and the National Cybersecurity Show (Birmingham), 2024
- ETSI NFV standards work as rapporteur