Victor Escobedo Jr

Standards & GRC @ Google, ex-Postman, Business Analytics at Harvard Business School

San Jose, California, United States

About

A pragmatic technical leader who enables product and engineering teams to ship faster and more securely by solving complex challenges, from deploying zero-trust security models to automating data center operations.

Experience

  • US Standards Lead - Technical Risk Management at Google
    Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Lead the US Standards program focusing on AI, PQC, Cloud, Security, and Privacy domains. • Act as a representative for the US National Body in ISO SC 27, SC 38, and SC 42 via INCITS. • Drive enterprise-wide engagement with NIST and operationalize standards into GRC activities impacting billions in revenue via critical Cloud certifications.

  • IT Consultant at Freelance
    Jan 2006 - Present · 20 yrs 7 mos

    Freelance IT consulting across networking, security, storage, endpoint, and server administration.

  • GRC at Postman
    Jan 2025 - Oct 2025 · 10 mos

    • Spearheaded the GRC program from zero to one, achieving SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001 & 27017, and HIPAA BAA compliance. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including General Counsel, Cloud Reliability, Security, IT, Finance, and HR, to design, test, and continually improve critical controls. • Developed and implemented Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) and Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) programs to enhance organizational resilience. • Led the development of Postman Flows-based AI agent, enabling self-serve compliance support via Slack, reducing operational toil and increasing sales cycle velocity.

  • Google (14 yrs 6 mos)
    • GRC Lead - Data Center Data Security
      Nov 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Tech Lead Manager - Risk Management and Compliance
      Oct 2016 - Nov 2023 · 7 yrs 2 mos

    • Team Lead / Executive Corporate Operations Engineering
      Jul 2012 - Dec 2016 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Head of IT / Systems Administrator at CBM, Inc.
    Jan 2004 - Jul 2010 · 6 yrs 7 mos