ResumeResume
Executive Resume

Herik Perez

Technology Strategy & Transformation Leader — payments, digital platforms, and technology operations across North America and LATAM.

Updated PDF resume coming soonContact
Experience

Roles.

Visa
NA Infrastructure Implementation Services (IIS) Lead
Dec 2024 – Present

Lead for North America infrastructure implementation services, strengthening portfolio governance, delivery visibility, knowledge access, and operational performance across a regulated environment.

  • ~70% of FY25 initiatives completed within the broader North America portfolio.
  • ~50% intake-to-go-live cycle-time reduction versus initial rollouts.
  • Up to 60% reduction in information-retrieval and technical response times through AI/RAG-enabled knowledge workflows.
Visa
Sr. Manager Tech Solutions, Global
Aug 2023 – Nov 2024

Global modernization initiatives and operating-model redesign across distributed teams and multiple regions.

  • Operating-model and governance transformation delivered approximately 40% cycle-time reduction and a 48% increase in delivery throughput, measured as projects closed per period during FY24.
  • Separate Lean Six Sigma migration-process redesign reduced cycle time by 30%.
OLX Group
Regional Head of Process Efficiency
Feb 2022 – Jun 2023

Three distributed teams across Development, Product/Process/QA, and Support, operating across Europe, LATAM, and India and serving five LATAM business units.

  • Regional standardization: 25% improvement in operational sustainability.
  • Support-operations transformation: 60%+ reduction in support tickets and up to 60% improvement in first-contact resolution.
  • Core-platform improvements: 30% reduction in operational errors across five LATAM business units.
Porsche Movilidad Colombia
Head of Projects and Innovation
Jun 2021 – Jan 2022

Cross-functional technology, digital documentation, credit, and integration initiatives.

  • Digital documentation & e-signature: reduced document-processing turnaround from up to 48 hours to approximately 4 hours.
  • Automated credit approval: advanced through an intermediate implementation stage.
  • Insurer integration: Completed an API integration as part of a broader third-party roadmap.
  • Operational workflow improvement: Reduced interdepartmental handoff times by approximately 20% through Agile and DevOps-inspired workflow redesign.
Citibank
PMO / Queue Manager, TTS
Mar 2020 – Jun 2021

Regional portfolio governance and capacity management for a TTS portfolio spanning 11+ LATAM countries. Regional PMO with 13 PMs and 2 BAs plus distributed technology specialists.

  • 20% improvement in team productivity through Agile workflow redesign and data-driven capacity planning.
  • Approximately 25% improvement in regional operational efficiency through multiple improvement initiatives.
Citibank
Sr. Project Manager, TTS
Sep 2016 – Mar 2020

Direct Citibank employment on TTS (Treasury & Trade Solutions), leading multi-country deployments across LATAM.

  • Continuous-improvement initiatives later replicated in additional LATAM countries.
Getronics LATAM
Project Manager · Citibank TTS account
Dec 2013 – Sep 2016

Project Manager on the Citibank TTS account, delivering regional implementations on behalf of Getronics LATAM.

  • Built multi-year TTS delivery experience across LATAM before transitioning to direct Citibank employment.
Technical Foundation · 2011 – 2013
  • Sitel de Colombia — Microsoft Account
    2011 – Dec 2012
    Microsoft Technical Support Agent

    Provided remote technical support for Microsoft systems and applications, resolving common software and hardware issues and supporting customer continuity.

  • Sitel de Colombia — Microsoft Account
    Dec 2012 – Oct 2013
    Unmanaged Technical Support Specialist

    Supported business clients with Microsoft tools, server configuration, technical troubleshooting, and operational continuity.

  • Easy Solutions S.A.S.
    Oct 2013 – Dec 2013
    DMS Analyst

    Cybersecurity monitoring, incident analysis, client support, and preventive-security guidance for commercial and financial clients.

Education

Academic.

  • Professional Program in Digital Transformation in the AI Age
    MIT Professional Education · In progress
  • M.Sc. in Business Information Technology Management (MBIT)
    Universidad de los Andes · Completed
  • MBA
    Universidad Europea de Madrid · Completed
  • Systems Engineer
    UNAD · Completed
Additional Graduate Studies
  • M.Sc. in Information Technology Architectures (MATI)Universidad de los Andes
    Program on hold
Credentials

Flagship.

  • ITIL 4 Strategist: Direct, Plan and ImprovePeopleCert
  • ITIL 4 FoundationPeopleCert / AXELOS
  • PMPPMI
  • PMI-ACPPMI
  • PMI-AHPPPMI
  • Scrum MasterScrum Inc.
  • Product OwnerScrum Inc.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green BeltCFQ
  • AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerAWS
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateAWS

Ten flagship credentials. Full library and applied learning pathways in Education & Credentials.