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Gerardo Valderrama

Curriculum Vitae

ISO 27001 Lead Auditor · ISO 42001 Provisional Auditor · AI Governance

GRC auditor with two years of remote ISO/IEC 27001, 27701, and 42001 audit experience for clients across Australia, France, Germany, Norway, and the United States. Among the early cohort dual-credentialed for ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 by PECB, with an active focus on AI governance. Named Auditor of the Year (2025) by the Insight Assurance ISO Audit Team.

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Experience

ISO Staff Auditor III 2024 – Present
Insight Assurance · Remote (Panama)

50+ remote ISO/IEC 27001, 27701, and 42001 audits for clients across five continents, including ISO 42001 work from the standard’s early commercial adoption.

Co-Founder, Cybersecurity & Operations 2023 – Present
Iniciativa Grow · Panama

Technical lead on ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 readiness for small and mid-sized organizations.

Cybersecurity Engineer 2022 – 2024
SISAP · Panama

Vulnerability management and endpoint security for clients across Central America and the Caribbean.

Backend Developer 2019 – Present
Fundación Ayudinga! · Panama

Python development and baseline security for the foundation’s open learning platform (pro-bono since 2021).

Selected credentials

PECB ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor · PECB ISO/IEC 42001 Provisional Auditor · ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead Implementer (GRC Lab) · CCSK v5 (Cloud Security Alliance) · AI Security & Governance (Securiti).

The complete certification list is in the PDF.

Education

Master in Business Administration 2024 – 2026
ADEN International Business School, Panama · in progress
BSc, Information Systems Engineering 2019 – 2023
Technological University of Panama

Languages

Spanish — native · English — C2 (EF SET 92/100).

Reach me at info gerardovalderrama.com