Fernando C.IT Operations Specialist
Skills
This candidate possesses over 26 years of experience in the ICT sector, encompassing diverse roles across the profession. Demonstrating focus, creativity, determination, and commitment, the candidate shows a particular passion for both current and emerging exponential technologies. An advocate for continuous professional development, the candidate embodies the philosophy of lifelong learning, consistently engaging in the processes of learning, unlearning, and relearning to remain future-ready.
GENERAL IT MANAGER
6/1/2023 - Present
Professional with over 26 years of experience across all ICT domains. Demonstrated proficiency in ICT professionals management and development squads management, specifically in outsourcing environments. Expert in the management of development pipelines and adept at handling multicloud and hybrid infrastructure. Skilled in performance indicators management and managing ICT suppliers and contracts, along with comprehensive budget management by cost centers. Mastery of agile methodologies, network architecture, and systems architecture has been consistently displayed. Expertise in information security management, cyber resilience, cyber risk management, and ICT assets monitoring. In-depth experience in artificial intelligence and fostering innovation management.HEAD OF INFORMATION AND CYBER SECURITY
5/1/2021 - 5/1/2023
Led the Information and Cyber Security sector for a diversified investment portfolio encompassing 22 companies and approximately 200 branches with around 5000 employees. Established a multidisciplinary Information Security committee and contributed to the risk committee, overseeing the formation of Budget CAPEX and OPEX. Spearheaded the development, implementation, and monitoring of a comprehensive Governance Roadmap, including Security Controls and Policies. Evaluated and contracted Managed Security Services for SOC as a Service, SNOC using Fortigate Cloud VM and physical boxes in branches, Fortimanager, and Fortianalyser. Implemented MDR Antivirus (XDR, EDR, UEBA), conducted monthly scans, continuous vulnerability management, anti-phishing campaigns, and penetration tests (Blue & Red Teams using White/Gray/Black Box methodologies).
Directed training and awareness programs and negotiated SLAs and Responsibility Matrices for privacy management deliverables. Designed scopes for Zero Trust Architecture, CASB, DLP, SASE, micro-segmentation, and Azure Virtual Desktop deployment for BYOD policies. Architected and implemented IAM solutions, including IdP for access management with SSO SAML 2.0 and OAUTH 2.0, SAP Enterprise Threat Detection, and PAM deployment using Delinea Secret Server. Conducted risk assessments in pre-M&A due diligence phases and evaluated and monitored DevSecOps requirements.
Negotiated and followed through on Microsoft assessments for M365 E3 and E5 licensing and led migrations from Cloud OCI to Azure, AWS to Azure, and on-premises to Azure, transitioning environments to 100% cloud-based systems. Oversaw budget provisioning and execution while developing KPIs and OKRs based on adopted frameworks. Established Cyber Incident, Business Continuity, and Security Architecture Committees, and managed cyber risks based on NIST, CIS, and ISO 27001/02 frameworks. Implemented SOX controls and chaired the LGPD Committee.CTO - Chief Technology Officer
4/1/2018 - 3/1/2021
Architected and managed a global PaaS/SaaS platform for buying, selling, and exchanging tokenized real assets through Blockchain technology. Oversaw penetration testing, vulnerability analysis, and cyber resilience management. Designed scope for agile development using SCRUM methodologies, and coordinated integrations and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes. Directed the prototyping, development, validation, and deployment in the production environment. Crafted requirements and scalable architectural designs for multi-cloud environments including AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM Bluemix, and Oracle Cloud. Modeled, tested, and deployed smart contracts on blockchain networks utilizing ERC20, ERC721, and Hyperledger protocols. Analyzed integrations in full-node blockchain systems. Evaluated and approved budgets and professional requirements for technology and information security tasks. Engaged in technical and strategic dialogues with business partners across Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Asia. Contributed to the development of the core business documentation (White Paper) by providing technical and technological inputs.
COMPUTER SCIENCE at Tuiuti University of Paraná
2006 - 2010Applied Artificial Intelligence at Federal University of Paraná
2023 - 2025Executive MBA in Information Security at Uncomplicate University
2021 - 2022Politics, Strategy and Intelligence at Superior War School
2018 - 2019
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