Here’s a presentation of the new Management team of the European Pirates. This thread will be updated with the deputy Team Leaders, once they have been appointed.
Management Team
Bart Overkamp - Team Leader Communication
Bart Overkamp has been active online as a persona since 2020, publishing independent writing under his own name. He became a producer of videos in 2021 and is a storyteller (on stage) since 2022.
Previous professional experience includes the formation of an NGO focused on workplace opportunities and being part of the Humanistic Collective Utrecht i.o. board.
Fabio Daniele - Team Leader Community and Outreach
Fabio Daniele is an Intelligence Analyst specialized in disinformation and counter-disinformation activities, with a past in the tech sector and Italian politics. He was a board member of Volt Italy from 2020 to 2021 with a mandate focused on electoral campaigning, fundraising, and outreach. Previously he has been a member and activist for the Democratic Party (“Partito Democratico”) in Italy
David Cvetko - Team Leader IT
David Cvetko is from Austria and has been working in software for over a decade in roles ranging from engineer and project manager to team lead and entrepreneur. He has worked in a safety-critical industry, co-founded a blockchain startup in Korea, and is now working in the European cloud sector, helping to build a more sovereign digital Europe.
Alongside his professional work, David has long been engaged in self-hosting open-source IT. He is also passionate about tackling society’s loneliness problem, having run a coliving community in Portugal and is now developing software tools to support communities and collaboration.
Sorana-Monica Ciovica - Team Leader operations
Sorana-Monica Ciovica is an HR and project management professional with extensive experience in European institutions and international cooperation. Over the past decade, she has worked on budget monitoring, procurement, and stakeholder coordination in EU agencies, bringing clarity and structure to complex cross-border projects.
As Team Leader for HR Operations at Pirates of Europe, she is focused on building fair, transparent, and motivating processes for volunteers — from recruitment and onboarding to engagement and retention. She is passionate about people-driven organisations, inclusive participation, and making political movements stronger through well-supported teams.
Thomas Kranz - Team Leader Policy
Thomas Kranz is a hacker, consultant, and activist with over 30 years of experience working in cybersecurity. From the Baltic states’ independence movement in the 80s and 90s, he has continued to be involved in work against the misuse of technology by government. He has taken part in consultations and given evidence to UK and EU government working groups and committees, on issues including digital ID, encryption, surveillance, and privacy.
He has presented talks at several hacker conferences on the misuse of AI and the need for more hackers to be involved in policy-making. He also regularly runs workshops on privacy technologies, defeating digital surveillance, and using open source alternatives to Big Tech services.
