FERNANDO RIBEIRO DA CUNHA

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IT Executive
Summary:
Wide experience in IT, working as a senior manager, consultant and auditor, mainly within the
Insurance, Finance, and Military sectors.
Proven knowledge and leadership in multidisciplinary IT projects, Data Centre management and
High-Availability systems. Specialist in IT Security, Networking and Open-Source solutions.

Education:
• Post-graduate degree in IT Security from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil /
2009;
• Graduate degree in Computer Networking from Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil / 2005.

Languages:
• English: Fluent;
• Portuguese: Fluent;
• Spanish: Proficient.

Courses:
• GRIDS ERP reinsurance system – 2011 – Aon Minneapolis – EUA;
• Certified in Linux LPI levels 1 and 2 (2008);
• Scrum methodology (2008);
• Project management with PMBOK/PMI (2007).

Employment History:

AON PLC (Aug/10 – Present)

Multinational Corporation, Aon plc is the leading global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance
brokerage, and human resources solutions and outsourcing services.

Position: Brazil IT manager – reporting to CEO

Designed and implemented processes which resulted in a 55% reduction of the IT budget.
Ensured that the IT department fully complies to the corporate guidelines. Enhanced and tightened
IT communications amongst other business units. Archived a level of availability of 99.99%.
Main Responsibilities:
• Manage IT operations, IT budget, corporate systems and projects;
• Implement, update and test the Business Continuity Plan;
• Keep the company compliant to the local government regulations (SUSEP);
• Provide consultancy on IT projects, reporting to the headquarters and the regional team;
• Member of the Internal audit team.

Kongsberg Maritime (Nov/09 – Apr/2010)

Norwegian multinational focused on developing advanced technological solutions for offshore markets and the U.S.
Military defense industry with a global annual profit of USD3.2B made up of 5,400 employees worldwide.

Position: IT Coordinator
As a startup, the main challenge was to build an IT hub responsible for all Latam operations.
Using strong technical skills and a communicative profile, aligned the high-grade standards to the
adverse scenario found in Brazil by renegotiating deadlines, adapting corporate policies to local
legislation, and setting financial and tax rules to the corporate ERP, among others.
Main responsibilities:
• Coordinate IT operations in Brazil;
• Responsible for the company's startup project in Brazil;
• Responsible for Information Security;

Interlize Internet (jun/96 – aug/07)

Brazilian internet solutions provider, providing broadband internet access, datacenter hosting services and ecommerce
services.

Position: Founder - CTO

As a founder and technical lead, I have projected and implemented our portfolio of internet
services driven by open source technology, such as Hosting services, data center maintenance, e-
commerce solutions and consulting services.
Main responsibilities:
• Responsible for the deployment of the DirectCommerce e-commerce solution. A pioneer
solution in the Brazilian market used by more than 100 online shops.
• Technical responsible for the company services, projects and product research area;

IT security independent consultant and auditor (2006 – 2009)

• Cymimasa Brasil – Performing management functions, was responsible for infrastructure

modernization project and a wide renegotiation with vendors and suppliers;
• Brazilian Army - AMAN - Responsible for implementing a new Oracle database cluster that
hosts the army's teaching and training system;
• Banco Máxima / Máxima Asset – Responsible for coordinating the IT systems, support and
network teams, made of 15 employees. Developed and improved information security
process and policies, responded to incidents and forensic analysis. Developed and
implemented technological processes to support the startup of finance Brokerage operations
(Maxima CTVM) and suitability of the area's proceedings on Central Bank / Bovespa
standards. Have implemented changes on IT processes and technologies to reduce IT costs
by 35%.
• Brazilian airforce – DECEA: Responsible for implementing a nationwide IT Security
system;
• TBG : Responsible for project of monitoring, collecting and analyzing system data metrics
using Open-Source tools;
• Morada Bank - Elaborating and implementing the Business' continuity and Operational risk
management plan.
• Casa e Vídeo - Responsible for auditing IT security and PCI DSS;
• Consub S/A - Responsible for IT infrastructure services rework;
• Tribunal Regional Eleitoral-RJ: Responsible for IT security consultancy for the 2006
presidential election;
• Tradition Inc - Responsible for establishing an IT security perimeter solution;
• Endesa - Responsible for panning, optimization and deploying NEWAVE, an energy costs
simulation software using IBM's symmetric processing technology;
• Jornal Lance! - Responsible for regaining control of the production servers after hackers had
attacked and hijacked their sites leaving the company site and services offline.

Citizenship
• Brazilian
• Portuguese – EU citizen