Leading Information Security and Governance efforts, ensuring compliance with international regulations and local legislation.Coordinating Information Governance initiatives across corporate functions and aligning security policies with organizational objectives.Implementing IT governance and risk management frameworks, supporting cross-functional teams, and managing compliance audits.Collaborating with international stakeholders and ensuring data privacy and information sharing compliance.

Provided consulting on IT governance, risk management, and cybersecurity for small and medium-sized enterprises.Conducted third-party audits and compliance reviews, ensuring clients' information governance practices adhered to legal and operational standards.Supported clients in optimizing IT infrastructure for secure data handling and compliance with country-specific regulations, including data privacy and controls.

Responsible for planning and implementation of the hybrid Azure cloud and physically diverse multiple site monitoring and referencing physical infrastructure project from scratch, including 3rd party suppliers’ selection and management, coordination of partner activities during the project and recruiting technical staff. Closely collaborated with technology partners in UK, France and Azerbaijan. Coordinated efforts of development team in France, with the implementation team efforts in Azerbaijan.Developed and successfully implemented innovative and cost-efficient approach for the referencing & monitoring infrastructure, lead to avoiding infrastructure implementation related obstacles and followed by significant CAPEX & OPEX savings.

Managed the manufacturing facility overseas shifting multiple phase project, including cost schedule and performance management. Created project roadmap with key milestones. Conducted thorough risk analysis and assessment to develop and maintain project risk register. Maintained lessons learned register (issue list). Moderated regular technical project team meetings. Maintained project change management process in order to achieve objectives.

Led the implementation of Manage Engine Service Desk software project from scratch, including requirements gathering and analysis, resulted in significant internal customer service efficiency and satisfaction increase. Managed successful core banking CRM system agile development, including lending and collection modules, resulted in significant OPEX decrease.Developed annual IT strategy aligned to company business objectives, including budget projections, staff and resources.Developed and tracked annual IT budget with effective controls to prevent overages, minimize burn rate and support sustainability objectives.Saved the company from catastrophic losses during the crisis, originated due to old core equipment failure, through implementing innovative technical infrastructure solution in very short timelines, resulted in business downtime reduction from 1 month (time needed for urgent core server equipment delivery) to 1 day. Developed and implemented IT strategy, policy and procedures. Maintained data security and integrity through controls, audits, and system oversight.Created and implemented business continuity plan including RPOs and RTOs for all of the core services, backup policy and strategy, disaster recovery plan. Planned and conducted disaster recovery exercises.Maintained staff awareness through repeatable security awareness trainings.Developed cost effective redundant network connection solution for 70 distant branch offices, resulted in 70% OPEX decrease. (MPLS replacement)Implemented cost effective backbone cloud connection solution, resulted in 60k$ annual savingsResponsibility for hybrid cloud IT infrastructure, consisted of AWS cloud, local main server room, disaster recovery site, head office and branches.Conducted risk management exercises to successfully identify and address IT related risks.Recruited, trained and developed department staff. Conducted annual performance evaluations. Conducted more than 200 professional interviews.

Installed, configured and maintained hardware equipment: servers, storages, routers, switches, firewalls, software applications, including remote site deployments. Provided analysis and research prior to implementation of new financial applications and services. Provided support to company internal email system Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Maintained backup and recovery operations through Backup exec.

Developed company infrastructure, supporting company growth from 20 to 200 employees.Maintained security stability and reliability of a company wide network.Configured and managed AD, Exchange, DHCP, WSUS, WDS, Antivirus and other related services.Maintained the delivery of technology operations and services to the various lines of business.