Jorge Avila
Chief Information Security Officer
Cameron Park, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJorge Avila is a seasoned information security and IT leader with over two decades of public-sector experience and more than a decade focused on security, project management, and compliance. As Chief Information Security Officer at Paleo Tech Group and former Information Security Specialist with the California Department of Technology, he designs security architecture, manages risk and regulatory compliance, and drives security-aware culture and training across large state organizations. He pairs a master’s in Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism with PMP, ACP, CSM, and ITILv4 credentials to bridge audit-driven controls and agile delivery. Jorge also brings practical classroom experience as an adjunct professor in digital forensics and long-standing leadership in nonprofit tech advocacy for Latino communities. His background as an auditor and PMO director gives him a rare fluency in translating technical security requirements into auditable, budgeted projects that scale across government environments. Based in Cameron Park, CA, he combines a systems-engineer’s curiosity with a practitioner’s focus on operational resilience and rapid onboarding of security improvements.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
California State University, SacramentoMaster's degree Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism, Master's degree Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism at International Technological University (ITU)
Spanish
Github Skills (11)
eventbrite7
api5
nodejs5
javascript4
browser4
carddav3
java3
owncloud2
typescript2
caldav2
webdav2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
javilag/ngImdbCounter
Oct 2018 - May 2021
Experiment with a third party api of imdb for calculate the time to watch some series.
Contributions:2 PRs, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 6 months
imdbapipartythird-party-apicalculate
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