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Age: 34
Title: Director of Information
Security & Audit Services
Name of Organization: Quan-
dary Peak Research Inc.
As the director of informa-
tion security and audit services,
Juan Vasquez is responsible for
overseeing technology risk and
controls of Quandary Peak Re-
search and various clients in
the financial, pharmaceutical,
manufacturing, healthcare,
and insurance industries. He
has over 10 years of experience
in information security, cyber-
security, information technolo-
gy, operational technology, IT
audit, and IT risk and controls.
Along with his corporate
experience, he has served 16
years in the military and con-
tinues to serve as an IT ope-
rations manager and exercise
planner in the United States
Marine Corps Reserve.
Vasquez has led securi-
ty and audit engagements in
various technologies such as
AWS cloud, internet of things,
including medical device soft-
ware and hardware, and ma-
nufacturing operational tech-
nology.
In addition to his infor-
mation security/cybersecu-
rity concentration, his other
passions are entrepreneurial.
He has been involved in the
production and sale of agave
plants, which produce tequila,
since 2019. He is the founder
and CEO of RLV Agave Produ-
cer, a growing agave business
in Jalisco, Mexico. As a veteran
himself, he has a strong pas-
sion for helping uplift and hire
veterans and minority mem-
bers of the community into
technology jobs.
Vasquez holds multiple
degrees including a master's
degree in cyber forensics and
security, and a bachelor's de-
gree in information security
and risk management, as well
as management information
systems, and finance. In addi-
tion to his formal education,
he holds information security
manager and information sys-
tems auditor certifications.
He resides in Chicago. He
enjoys spending time with
his son Emiliano and visiting
family in Jalisco and Nuevo
Leon, Mexico.
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"W
e cannot seek achievement
for ourselves and forget
about progress and prosperity for
our community ... Our ambitions
must be broad enough to include
the aspirations and needs of others,
for their sakes and for our own."
Cesar Chavez.
Juan M. Vasquez Jr.
Cyber
guardian