Gema L

Offensive Security Director

Fintech

Jun 2021 - Apr 2026 • 4 yrs 10 mos

Led global offensive security, threat intelligence, and threat hunting initiatives across enterprise environments. Built and matured threat-led security capabilities, including red team operations, adversary emulation, external attack surface validation, and executive reporting. Translated adversary behavior, cloud risk, application security weaknesses, and control gaps into prioritized remediation actions, measurable security improvements, and business-aligned recommendations for senior stakeholders. Partnered with security operations, detection engineering, cloud, application, and risk teams to improve detection readiness, validate controls, and strengthen cyber resilience across distributed environments.

Middle Americas Cybersecurity Owner

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Oct 2019 - Jun 2021 • 1 yr 8 mos

Led cybersecurity strategy and operations across the Middle Americas region, supporting multiple countries, business units, and distributed technology environments. Owned regional cybersecurity execution across security operations, vulnerability management, incident response coordination, application and infrastructure risk, third-party security concerns, and business-facing security advisory. Partnered with global and local technology, risk, legal, compliance, and business teams to align security priorities with operational resilience, regional risk reduction, and enterprise security standards. Translated technical risks and control gaps into practical remediation plans, executive updates, and business-aligned security actions across complex environments.