Jesús Mathus Garza
Boston,MA
Summary
Chief of Staff for the CISO and Head of Cybersecurity Strategy with 5+ years of experience dictating cybersecurity strategy, initiative roadmaps, and program priorities. Leads and coordinates cross-functional execution of strategic cybersecurity initiatives to improve organizational cyber maturity in alignment with business objectives. Reports key performance & risk indicators to the C-suite and Board to influence organizational governance and risk-based decision-making.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Cybersecurity Manager
McKinsey & Company
09.2018 - Current
- Developed a three-year cybersecurity strategy & roadmap to enable the CISO to sequence 50+ initiatives for risk-based execution
- Led & organized cross-functional leadership governance forums (CISO/ Head of Cyber Risk/ Legal) to align & manage key initiatives
- Coordinated the Cybersecurity Leadership team in establishing program-wide project management and key result indicator reporting
- Led a team in developing and designing cybersecurity risk dashboards to succinctly communicate current state risk with the C-suite
- Designed a threat intelligence sharing cybersecurity consortium to collectively bolster the defenses of regional financial institutions
- Worked with a non-profit and 30+ corporate partners to develop initiatives to reduce the US racial wealth gap and secured billions of dollars in corporate commitments
- Redesigned a pharmaceutical client’s organizational and operating model, shifting to a product-centric model and up-leveling BISOs
- Assisted clients across industries to identify, understand, and manage their cyber risk, focusing on strategy and transformation
- Developed a cyber organizational change management strategy for a large tech client that resulted in a multi-million-dollar approval for the execution of priority cybersecurity initiatives
- Designed a network security strategy for a large LatAm oil & gas client that is guiding their security efforts for the next 3 years
- Integrated cybersecurity into the software development lifecycle of a large bank in LatAm and helped train 500+ developers
- Created and led a cybersecurity crisis simulation for a pharmaceutical client to exercise their resilient response capabilities
- Assessed a number of European organizations’ remote working models in the context of COVID-19 to identify key vulnerabilities.
Fellow
Draper
06.2017 - 06.2018
- Programmed peer to peer cross-chain exchange capabilities on the MIT Digital Currency Initiative’s implementation of the Lightning Network
- Wrote a 64-page thesis outlining functionality contributed to the Digital Currency Initiative’s Lightning Network implementation.
Mexican Asset Registries Project Team Member
MIT Media Lab
02.2017 - 06.2017
- Designed an application using blockchain technology to provide a reliable asset registry system for the Mexican Government
- Presented an initial system prototype to the Inter-American Development Bank and received a grant for further development.
Intern
Goldman Sachs
06.2016 - 08.2016
- Developed a record linkage algorithm, detecting correlations between 93.8% of data in transaction files and central database data
- Implemented a UI utilizing AngularJS and Node.js to more effectively present data-matching results to the 2 heads of the division.
Intern
Morgan Stanley
01.2016 - 01.2016
- Constructed an amortization schedule and effectively debugged code for a schedule constructor program.
- Synthesized information from market briefings and reported synthesized takeaways to support expert traders.
Intern
Sysco Corporation
07.2015 - 08.2015
- Analyzed large data sets and derived information supporting initiatives to improve the 425,000 customers’ digital experience.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA06.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA06.2017
Skills
- Influencing skills
- Strategic Planning
- Operational Improvements
- Business Needs Identification
- Operational Reporting
- Operational Efficiency
- Data-driven decision-making
- Corporate Governance
- Strategic Planning and Alignment
- Python
- Java
- React
- Javascript
- CSS
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
French
Elementary
Timeline
Senior Cybersecurity Manager
McKinsey & Company
09.2018 - Current
Fellow
Draper
06.2017 - 06.2018
Mexican Asset Registries Project Team Member
MIT Media Lab
02.2017 - 06.2017
Intern
Goldman Sachs
06.2016 - 08.2016
Intern
Morgan Stanley
01.2016 - 01.2016
Intern
Sysco Corporation
07.2015 - 08.2015
Master of Science - Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology