Dallas, Texas, United States
Cyber business thought leader preserving company value by driving cyber risk management and cost savings. Deliver hands-on advisory services to C-suites, Boards, Investors, and IT built on deep experience and expertise in cybersecurity, its evolution, and trajectory. Expert at building and managing cybersecurity and GRC programs. As a permanent resident of Mexico and US Citizen (domiciled in Dallas, Texas), offer intimate knowledge of US & Mexican cyber markets and pathways to Mexican/LATAM. I thrive on creating excitement across an organization by showing new possibilities and delivering value to clients they understand and trust. Through radical simplification and streamlining, I help them leapfrog the competition. I invest in my employees, so they fully understand the value of their work and its importance in the industry. The key to my success is to consistently provide direct, open, candid communication, in good times and bad, with the team, clients, and vendors. NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS - Drove $57M revenue per year in SIEM products and services. - Grew practice by 6X+ by attracting, hiring, and onboarding new security engineering consultants. - Expanded customer base by 30% while maintaining 100% retention (highest in company). - Reduced time to onboard new clients from 6 months to 6 weeks, resulting in accelerated time-to-billing/payment and increased collections. - Partnered with and served as CISO and Strategic Security Advisor to client C-suite leaders across US, Mexico, Brazil, Ireland, France, and Canada. - Served as CISO, HIPAA Security Officer, Division Head – Managed Security Services Business (P&L), and Division Head – Cybersecurity Assessment and Advisory Services Business (P&L). - In-demand global speaker and presenter on top security challenges, products, and solutions at cybersecurity conferences and technology events (in person and virtual). ==> To schedule a Zoom meeting, message me here on LinkedIn.
Founded Nearshore Cyber to solve an economic problem hiding inside a talent problem: US companies overpay for cybersecurity professionals while equally capable talent in emerging markets goes unplaced. We bridge that gap — sourcing English-speaking cybersecurity professionals from Mexico, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Greece, and Turkey on direct-hire or EOR (Employer of Record) basis at 30–70% below US rates, in overlapping time zones. We are not a generalist staffing agency. Every candidate is screened by cybersecurity practitioners — not keyword-matching recruiters — because our team has actually done the work we hire for: SOC operations, GRC, penetration testing, security architecture, and CISO-level advisory. Services delivered under my leadership: → Cybersecurity Staffing & Recruiting: SOC analysts through CISOs, placed on long-term engagements or fractional basis. Talent sourced from LATAM and emerging markets with rigorous technical vetting. → Fractional CISO & Advisory: Hands-on cyber business strategy and GRC program development for mid-market commercial companies — building and managing security programs, not just auditing them. → GTM Strategic Advisory: US-to-LATAM market entry guidance for cybersecurity vendors and service providers seeking to expand into Mexico and Central America. → Community & Education: Built a 2,200+ member cybersecurity community. Run free CISSP study groups (English and Spanish), Backdoors & Breaches incident response sessions, and regular industry webinars. Key achievements: - Built the company from zero to a sustainable practice serving mid-market clients across the US and Mexico - Established Nearshore as a recognised bridge between the US and foreign cyber talent markets - Delivered measurable cost savings to clients while maintaining quality parity with US-based professionals - Developed the operational model and market insight that directly informed the creation of Project Aramis
The cybersecurity hiring market has a trust problem. Resumes have been debased by keyword stuffing, AI generation, and Easy Apply spam. Employers cannot distinguish between a skilled engineer and a paper tiger — so they retreat to defensive hiring practices that exclude strong talent and slow every pipeline. Project Aramis solves this by replacing the subjective resume with objective, verified Trust Scores. We are building the FICO Score for Cybersecurity Talent — a verification platform aligned to the NIST NICE Framework that proves what candidates can actually do. The platform operates three integrated engines: → Aramis Insight (B2C): A verification engine that ingests resumes, identifies skill and salary gaps, and issues portable Trust Scores based on assessed capability — not keywords. → Aramis Build (B2B): A verified talent marketplace where employers search pre-screened candidates with zero noise. 100% verified. NIST-aligned. → Aramis Orchestrate (B2B2C): An integration layer for specialised cyber recruiters, enabling one-click candidate verification that increases placement speed and success. As CEO and Founder, I lead product strategy, platform architecture, go-to-market, and fundraising. I built the company from a structural diagnosis of the cybersecurity workforce crisis — informed by 20+ years as a practitioner, CISO, and recruiter — and designed it to become the trust infrastructure for the global cyber talent market. Key milestones: → Launched Aramis Insight with tiered verification funnel and NIST NICE-aligned assessments → Built proprietary Salary Value at Risk engine using BLS and market compensation data → Established strategic design partnership with Nearshore Cyber for Orchestrate validation → Grew community to 2,200+ members and 40K+ LinkedIn following → Pursuing pre-seed funding to scale AI-driven verification and employer marketplace
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