Ralph Aboujaoude Diaz is a Practice Leader at HFS, based in London, UK. With over 16 years of professional experience, Ralph has helped a wide range of organizations improve and transform their IT security, risk and compliance environments. Ralph’s research at HFS focuses on Cybersecurity and Horizon 3 technologies.

Ralph has a strong risk management knowledge (gained through 11+ years of audit and advisory experience in Big 4) combined with a technical expertise in security, risk and compliance technologies. He has a proven experience in integrating continuous monitoring and automation into security and compliance activities.

As part of his previous industry role in the Life Sciences industry, Ralph was part of the Core Tech Strategy & Transformation Leadership Team in the capacity of Senior Director. He led the design, delivery and operation of a global Security and Governance transformation program aimed at optimizing and automating security controls across applications and infrastructures. He also led the deployment of a global intelligent automation initiative across IT functions and business units.

With over 35K+ followers, Ralph is an active contributor on LinkedIn providing an honest and pragmatic perspective on technology, security and automation. He is a key contributor to the first book on Intelligent Automation “Intelligent Automation: Welcome to the World of Hyperautomation”.