Summary
Carlos Rombaldo is a cybersecurity executive and engineer with 17 years of global experience designing secure cloud-native systems, now serving as Chief Information Security Officer at Holland & Barrett. He has led security teams at Amazon and fintech 10x, architecting a greenfield cloud banking platform and an automated vulnerability management framework that scaled to tens of millions of cloud assets. His expertise spans cloud security, AI, cryptography, SDLC, penetration testing and compliance, allowing him to translate technical controls into measurable business resilience. A PhD researcher at UCL, he focuses on improving cyber resilience for SMEs and charities—bringing academic rigor to practical, high-impact security programs. Equally comfortable as a hands-on engineer and strategic leader, he has delivered mission-critical systems for governments and enterprises across 35+ countries. Fluent in deploying DevSecOps at scale, he combines deep technical authority with a track record of operationalizing security in production environments.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Professional Certificate Advanced Computer Security, Professional Certificate Advanced Computer Security at Stanford University
Master of Science (MSc) Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Engineering at USP - Universidade de São Paulo
College Processamento de dados, College Processamento de dados at University of São Paulo
University College London
English, Portuguese, Spanish