Esteban Perez
Director Of Information Security
Greater Chicago Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEsteban Perez is a seasoned information security leader with two decades of IT experience and a decade focused on security leadership, currently serving as Director of Information Security at the University of Illinois Chicago. He combines hands-on Linux systems and development roots with program-level security oversight—managing incident response, compliance (including NIST controls), risk assessments, and security metrics across large university and research environments. Esteban is pragmatic about delivering IT-enabled value through collaboration, process improvement, and mentoring cross-functional teams to close gaps and harden systems. A lifelong campus leader and community volunteer, he founded a student self-defense organization and supported emergency response efforts, demonstrating a commitment to service beyond technology. He’s augmenting his technical leadership with an MS in Management Information Systems and multiple graduate certificates in cybersecurity, IT project management, and business analytics, and is a lifetime Beta Gamma Sigma member.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Liberal Arts and Sciences/Sociology, Bachelor's degree Liberal Arts and Sciences/Sociology at University of Illinois ChicagoMaster of Science Management of Information Systems, Master of Science Management of Information Systems at University of Illinois Springfield
Github Skills (3)
temperature-sensor8
temperature7
garden2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
eplx/esp8266-Plants-Watering
Nov 2017 - Jul 2019
Smart plants watering based on temperature & humidity
Contributions:1 release, 27 commits, 1 PR in 1 year 8 months
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eplx/mod_apache_snmp
May 2016 - Dec 2016
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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