Lenin Velasquez

Technology executive with CIO and corporate IT leadership across financial services, higher education, retail, and diversified enterprises. Led cloud and ERP modernization, cybersecurity governance, and critical IT operations while aligning investment with business priorities. Coordinated shared services and teams across Latin America and Spain. MS in Management of Technology (NYU) and MBA.

Work Authorization: U.S.

Permanent

Resident (Green Card Holder)

Corporate IT Head at Intercorp Management, Intercorp Group (2025-01 – 2026-04)

Lead IT executive at Intercorp Management, reporting directly to the Corporate CFO.

• Led cybersecurity posture assessments with Marsh and monthly scans of key external domains across Intercorp's 30 companies. Monthly findings guided remediation; critical findings fell 99% from the initial baseline and remained low in subsequent months.
• Stabilized Oracle ERP Cloud support for the accounting shared-services center serving 6 group companies, maintaining uninterrupted billing; implemented IT general and change-management controls for SOX audit requirements.
• Directed modernization of Intercorp's corporate portal for a group of more than 100,000 employees and 30 companies, improving communications and addressing critical security vulnerabilities.

Chief Information Officer at InLearning, Intercorp Group (2020-04 – 2024-12)

Directed 50+ IT professionals across IDAT, Zegel, and Corriente Alterna, three higher-education institutions serving 80,000+ students.

• Oversaw the end-to-end cloud migration of IT infrastructure and mission-critical Student Core, ERP, and administrative systems across 3 institutions without interrupting service; replaced oversized purchased or leased infrastructure with usage-based capacity.
• Strengthened preventive security controls and centralized monitoring and response across 3 institutions; InLearning subsequently stopped appearing in the group's monthly vulnerability reports.
• Managed approximately $5M in IT CAPEX/OPEX across 3 institutions; renegotiated IT services, reduced connectivity costs by 30%, and secured volume discounts on hardware and software licenses.
• Led the implementation of Salesforce and natural-language virtual agents to address start-of-term student service surges, reducing requests requiring staff intervention to roughly one-fifth of prior volume and allowing the team to focus on complex cases without temporary hires.

Chief Information Officer at Banco Azteca, Salinas Group (2018-01 – 2020-03)

• Aligned technology strategy and IT investment with business growth to deploy a mobile app for credit advisors in Peru. The initiative contributed to an 18% increase in credit placements, and the model was later replicated in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
• Implemented high-availability disaster recovery infrastructure at the Kyo Queretaro Data Center in Mexico to satisfy SBS regulatory requirements.

IT Operations Manager at Cencosud Bank (2016-09 – 2018-01)

• Led enterprise IT infrastructure and risk management, developing contingency plans for continuity across business units.
• Implemented ITIL incident and problem-management practices across Cencosud South America, maintaining a 99.5% availability SLA for critical SAP and Siebel systems.

Service Delivery Manager at IBM (2014-04 – 2016-08)

• Managed the IT outsourcing portfolio for Endesa across Spain and Latin America, leading monthly executive steering committees to report service performance and align cross-border priorities.
• Grew monthly contract billing from $310,000 to $580,000 through the introduction of new technology services for Endesa Peru Group.

IT Manager at Rocky Corporation (2013-03 – 2014-03)

• Directed a POS overhaul across 124 locations, integrating sales, inventory, and operations for real-time visibility.

IT Manager at Total Artefactos SA (2009-04 – 2013-02)

• Implemented SAP Business All-in-One (Retail) and a scalable POS system across 113 stores; mobile tracking supported a 9% revenue increase.

Systems Manager at Cineplanet, Intercorp Group (2007-02 – 2009-03)

• Stabilized Oracle ERP across Peru and Chile and launched a virtual ticket store, driving a 14% increase in monthly sales.

IT Analyst at Hermes Transportes Blindados (Brinks Group) (2002-01 – 2007-01)

Systems Analyst at Centro de Informática de la FAP (Peruvian Air Force) (1998-09 – 2001-08)

MS in Management of Technology – New York University, USA (2026-05)

Master in IT Management – La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain (2016-01)

MBA – Universidad de Lima, Peru (2006-08)

BS in Computer Science & Engineering – Universidad Antenor Orrego, Peru (1998-08)

Executive Education in Cybersecurity for Managers – MIT Sloan School of Management (2019-12)

Executive Education in Digital Transformation – University of California, Berkeley (2019-11)

Executive Education in Managing Complex Technical Projects – MIT Sloan School of Management (2012-11)

Executive Education in Delivering Information Services – Harvard Business School (2010-07)