Summary
Cristian Mendoza is an IT Cloud Security Engineer with over a decade of hands-on experience, currently securing cloud operations at BuzzFeed in New York. He progressed from desktop support at Cambridge University Press—where he managed a 200+ user Active Directory, mobile fleets, backups, and conferencing—to senior IT roles focused on cloud security and systems hardening. Comfortable across Windows, macOS, mobile platforms, and enterprise backup solutions, he blends practical incident troubleshooting with proactive security controls. Known on GitHub as one half of "Cuppetelli and Mendoza," he brings a collaborative, maker mindset to operational security and tooling.
11 years of coding experience
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at St. John's University
Spanish, English