Székely Family and Co. Nonprofit Llc.
Who we are
Székely Family and Co. Nonprofit LLc. (SFC) is an SME with a vision to contribute to a more secure and sustainable future for the next generations. The main focus of SFC is to bring highly innovative results to the market and contribute to commercialisation of research and innovation outputs, ensuring that these results can be practical solutions for real world problems, and don’t get stuck in a filing cabinet somewhere in a lab.
Why we joined PACK
The idea of PACK was conceived at one of our late evening meetings with GM on the possible delays on shipments of parts we needed for another project. We were trying to figure out where and how we can speed up transportation. It seemed natural from the very beginning that we will coordinate both the proposal and the project together: GM leading the hardware development, SFC leading the software development. For us, besides faster and cheaper cross-border transportation of goods, the positive environmental impact was another big motivation: after a quick look into the statistics it was obvious that this solution can reduce the carbon footprint of the sector way more than it is its own. Huge amounts of gasoline and thus CO2 emission can be cut by eliminating the long queues of trucks creeping towards border crossing points every day. On top of that we have a vision how a decentralised, zero-knowledge based e-administration shall work in the future, reducing the use of personal data and sensitive business data as much as possible. Those things moved us to undertake product ownership of HUNTER, the intelligent, agent-based, blockchain and AI-powered one-stop-shop customs portal of the future.
Our role in PACK
SFC as co-coordinator brings the team’s vast expertise in managing every aspect of Horizon projects. SFC is also the lead developer of PACK’s software component, HUNTER. Beyond technology, we lead the communication, dissemination, and exploitation activities — ensuring that accurate information reaches a wide audience and strengthens community confidence in security and resilience.
How we collaborate
We stay closely aligned with the heartbeat of the project: planning and tracking project progress, contributing to design and development, demonstrating our technologies, and supporting all partners in achieving their communication and dissemination goals. In addition, we as one of the coordinators lead risk and quality management, as well as ethical and data protection issues.
Innovation we bring
SFC is responsible for the HUNTER Customs Intelligence Hub, aggregating data from the other components of the ecosystem – facilitating communication with customs checkpoints, administrative endpoints, and logistics and transport companies. This integration will enhance the digital transformation of customs administration related to goods transport. SFC also leads user acceptance and user experience testing, and towards the end of the project, organizes a live drill demonstrating the capabilities of the platform, as well a cross-border pilot demonstrating all PACK solutions.
Expected outcomes
By the end of the project, we envision to have a software that collects the data from all PACK sensors, uses artificial intelligence for risk anticipation and DLT for privacy preserving logging and authorisation. Digitalises documents and processes in the form of smart contracts, enabling efficient, secure and paperless cooperation between customs checkpoints and other administrative endpoints, logistics and transport companies and truck drivers. Connects to other digital customs solutions via API.
Our future vision
Through PACK, we aim to offer customs authorities (and border police) a reliable solution to combat human and illegal goods trafficking; logistics companies with a cost-effective and efficient tool to enhance transparency, and expedite customs clearance at border crossings.
We will do our best to continue this work beyond the project, integrating with as many national and EU-wide Customs software solutions as possible.
Beyond PACK
SFC plays a leading role in other related projects, such as BEHOLDER, that aims to deliver a cutting-edge, integrated platform for the detection, assessment and real-time response to CBRN-E incidents by leveraging IoT-enabled technologies, advanced AI, and seamless integration with smart city infrastructure.
SFC is also the communication manager of B-prepared and product developer of the project’s VR-prepared serious game in virtual reality.
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Staff involved
Zoltán Székely
As Research Director of SFC, Zoltán as Coordinator brings two decades of experience as a security professional to the PACK project. Holding a doctoral degree in law and political sciences, his expertise is further enhanced by significant involvement in past border management projects. His PhD in Business Management uniquely positions him to drive the successful uptake and exploitation of project results, ensuring their lasting impact.
Orsolya Székely-Keresztesi
Orsolya is the CEO and co-founder of SFC. In PACK, she is leading Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation tasks. She is a biologist, also has some experience in teaching, but the company and the projects mainly benefit from her organizational skills and strategic thinking. Apart from that, she is handling the financial, time and resource management tasks, too.
Kitti Solti-Kerekes
Kitti holds an MSc degree in international defence and security policy, has ongoing studies in engineering management, thus mixing technical and strategic expertise into her work. She started her career at the Hungarian Ministry of Defence as a security policy analyst, focusing on threat assessment, policy recommendations, and strategic decision-making. She has worked for SFC as a researcher and manager of security projects since 2023. In PACK, she fills in the role of general manager for the whole project, and coordinates day to day operation of the consortium while also serving as point of contact and internal project manager of SFC, with the exception of CDE activities which remains in the hand of her colleague Orsolya (CM of PACK).
Zsuzsanna Fentor
Zsuzsanna is a passionate communicator and language specialist with a Master’s degree in English Language and Literature. As the Social Media Manager of the PACK project, she enjoys bringing the project’s ideas on technology-driven solutions for safer and more efficient freight and customs processes closer to people by creating clear, engaging and accessible online content. She values teamwork and open communication, believing they are essential to turning challenging issues into meaningful messages. Through her work, she strives to make complex topics understandable and relevant for both professional audiences and the wider public.
Viktor Veréb
Viktor brings over 15 years of experience in software testing, contributing deep expertise and reliability to the PACK project. He serves as the Product Owner for HUNTER, where he aligns business goals with high-quality product delivery. As the QA Specialist on PACK, Viktor ensures rigorous testing standards and continuous quality improvement. His strong analytical mindset helps identify risks early and drive effective solutions. Viktor’s leadership and attention to detail play a key role in the project’s overall success.
István Bordi
István holds a BSc in Software Engineering with a specialization in software architecture design and has over a decade of experience in designing, implementing and improving complex backend systems for web-based services. Over the years, he has also gained hands-on experience in managing cloud-based infrastructures, both through web-based administration and infrastructure-as-code approaches. In the PACK project, he contributes his expertise in system integration, APIs, and data flows, along with his broader interest in IoT and interconnected systems.
Dávid Martin Mező
Having always been interested in technology, David brings IT knowledge to the table. He studied software engineering at university, climbed the ladder from simple developer to (solution) architect. He is also experienced in cloud technologies along with DevOps and holds multiple certifications related to those fields. He has a strongly security-focused mindset and he is working on helping the PACK project achieve the necessary IT security infrastructure it needs, as well as actively taking part in the tech development work.
Kamilla Keresztesi
Kamilla is a law student at Eötvös Loránd University currently preparing her final thesis. Within the PACK project she serves as the internal ethical expert of the Ethical Advisory Board, where she contributes to ensuring compliance with both EU and national legal frameworks. Her work primarily focuses on fostering the trustworthy use of AI, supporting data protection practices and upholding ethical standards adopted by EU entities as well as tracking legislative and regulatory developments relevant to the PACK project.
Zsombor Zathureczky
Having a strong background in B2B sales, Zsombor is responsible for stakeholder engagement in the PACK project, focusing on building and managing relationships with key actors across customs authorities, logistics providers, and related industry stakeholders. His work centers on translating real-world operational and strategic needs into actionable insights for the project’s technical and research teams. By facilitating dialogue, and coordinating stakeholder involvement, Zsombor helps ensure that PACK’s solutions are grounded in practical realities and aligned with the expectations of both public and private sector actors.
Norbert Lengyel
Norbert is a web developer and graphic designer with several decades of professional experience in creating visually refined and technically reliable digital solutions. In the project, he is responsible for the design, development, operation, and continuous maintenance of the website, ensuring its stable performance, user-friendly structure, and consistent visual appearance. He applies his professional expertise and creative approach to the efficient operation and ongoing technical development of the project’s online platform.
Staff involved
Zoltán Székely
As Research Director of SFC, Zoltán as Coordinator brings two decades of experience as a security professional to the PACK project. Holding a doctoral degree in law and political sciences, his expertise is further enhanced by significant involvement in past border management projects. His PhD in Business Management uniquely positions him to drive the successful uptake and exploitation of project results, ensuring their lasting impact.
Orsolya Székely-Keresztesi
Orsolya is the CEO and co-founder of SFC. In PACK, she is leading Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation tasks. She is a biologist, also has some experience in teaching, but the company and the projects mainly benefit from her organizational skills and strategic thinking. Apart from that, she is handling the financial, time and resource management tasks, too.
Kitti Solti-Kerekes
Kitti holds an MSc degree in international defence and security policy, has ongoing studies in engineering management, thus mixing technical and strategic expertise into her work. She started her career at the Hungarian Ministry of Defence as a security policy analyst, focusing on threat assessment, policy recommendations, and strategic decision-making. She has worked for SFC as a researcher and manager of security projects since 2023. In PACK, she fills in the role of general manager for the whole project, and coordinates day to day operation of the consortium while also serving as point of contact and internal project manager of SFC, with the exception of CDE activities which remains in the hand of her colleague Orsolya (CM of PACK).
Zsuzsanna Fentor
Zsuzsanna is a passionate communicator and language specialist with a Master’s degree in English Language and Literature. As the Social Media Manager of the PACK project, she enjoys bringing the project’s ideas on technology-driven solutions for safer and more efficient freight and customs processes closer to people by creating clear, engaging and accessible online content. She values teamwork and open communication, believing they are essential to turning challenging issues into meaningful messages. Through her work, she strives to make complex topics understandable and relevant for both professional audiences and the wider public.
Viktor Veréb
Viktor brings over 15 years of experience in software testing, contributing deep expertise and reliability to the PACK project. He serves as the Product Owner for HUNTER, where he aligns business goals with high-quality product delivery. As the QA Specialist on PACK, Viktor ensures rigorous testing standards and continuous quality improvement. His strong analytical mindset helps identify risks early and drive effective solutions. Viktor’s leadership and attention to detail play a key role in the project’s overall success.
István Bordi
István holds a BSc in Software Engineering with a specialization in software architecture design and has over a decade of experience in designing, implementing and improving complex backend systems for web-based services. Over the years, he has also gained hands-on experience in managing cloud-based infrastructures, both through web-based administration and infrastructure-as-code approaches. In the PACK project, he contributes his expertise in system integration, APIs, and data flows, along with his broader interest in IoT and interconnected systems.
Dávid Martin Mező
Having always been interested in technology, David brings IT knowledge to the table. He studied software engineering at university, climbed the ladder from simple developer to (solution) architect. He is also experienced in cloud technologies along with DevOps and holds multiple certifications related to those fields. He has a strongly security-focused mindset and he is working on helping the PACK project achieve the necessary IT security infrastructure it needs, as well as actively taking part in the tech development work.
Kamilla Keresztesi
Kamilla is a law student at Eötvös Loránd University currently preparing her final thesis. Within the PACK project she serves as the internal ethical expert of the Ethical Advisory Board, where she contributes to ensuring compliance with both EU and national legal frameworks. Her work primarily focuses on fostering the trustworthy use of AI, supporting data protection practices and upholding ethical standards adopted by EU entities as well as tracking legislative and regulatory developments relevant to the PACK project.
Zsombor Zathureczky
Having a strong background in B2B sales, Zsombor is responsible for stakeholder engagement in the PACK project, focusing on building and managing relationships with key actors across customs authorities, logistics providers, and related industry stakeholders. His work centers on translating real-world operational and strategic needs into actionable insights for the project’s technical and research teams. By facilitating dialogue, and coordinating stakeholder involvement, Zsombor helps ensure that PACK’s solutions are grounded in practical realities and aligned with the expectations of both public and private sector actors.
Norbert Lengyel
Norbert is a web developer and graphic designer with several decades of professional experience in creating visually refined and technically reliable digital solutions. In the project, he is responsible for the design, development, operation, and continuous maintenance of the website, ensuring its stable performance, user-friendly structure, and consistent visual appearance. He applies his professional expertise and creative approach to the efficient operation and ongoing technical development of the project’s online platform.
