Aristide N.

About Aristide N.

Seasoned technology leader with 15+ years of experience specializing in Generative AI Cyber Resilience and Risk Assessment Engineering. I guide large organizations through complex IT challenges by designing secure, efficient, and cost-effective infrastructures. My expertise spans software and infrastructure engineering, with a passion for leveraging automation to improve disaster recovery, deployments, and resilience in hybrid environments.I’m driven to build systems that are consistent, efficient, and defensible—minimizing manual effort and error while boosting threat defense.Key Achievements & Areas of Impact: Automation & Infrastructure Excellence• Led Terraform automation for critical Lending Grid apps—boosted deployment frequency by 150%, cut change lead time from 2 weeks to 2 days, reduced support costs 65%, and improved recovery time by 92%.• Directed enterprise IAAS, software dev, and traditional infra teams. Elevated standards across security, high availability, monitoring, disaster recovery, and compliance—achieving a 49% drop in security incidents.• Spearheaded tech certification initiatives (AI/ML GPUs, Nutanix, low-latency): reduced average certification time by 16 weeks and reached 97% adoption in year one.• Achieved 98% vulnerability remediation (QID/CVE); cut average patching time for critical vulns to under 2 days. Governance, Risk & Cyber Resilience• Built and implemented AI and IT governance frameworks, policies, and procedures. Maintained zero major audit findings across multiple regulatory reviews.• Conduct risk assessments, compliance audits, and metrics tracking aligned with NIST and GDPR standards.• Automate security processes using scripting; deep understanding of network/system security, risk mitigation, and incident response. Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration• Known for a “nothing is impossible” mindset and delivering results under pressure.• Partner effectively across AI, IT, business units, and the C-suite.• Experienced in Agile methodologies (XP, Lean, SAFe, DevSecOps, SRE), budgeting, business case development, and tools like ADO, GitHub, and SonarQube.• Translate technical complexity into clear language for stakeholders at all levels.Driven by curiosity, integrity, and impact, I aim to advance enterprise GenAI and cyber resilience through strategic automation, architecture, and risk governance.

Experience

1. Senior Data Science Architect

   Indiana University Health

   Sep 2025 — Present

Education

• University of Phoenix

  Master of Science Computer Information Systems, Information Technology