david gerardo barrera lopez
@davidgerardobarreral
I lead critical IT incidents, changes, and resilient production services.
What I'm looking for
At Yum! Brands, I manage P1–P3 incidents across global technology platforms supporting Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, and Habit, leading bridge calls through mitigation, restoration, and business communication.
Previously at Zenus Bank, I coordinated complex IT incident resolution, governed end-to-end change management, led CAB ceremonies, and supported business continuity, disaster recovery, and security incident response. I use Jira Service Management, ServiceNow, Datadog, AWS, Azure, SQL, and Scrum practices to improve service reliability and controlled delivery.
My background also includes leading production application development and service desk teams at EPIK, supporting consumer-lending and core-banking applications across Colombia and Central America.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Responsible for managing and coordinating P1–P3 incidents across business-critical global technology platforms supporting Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, and Habit. Lead incident bridge calls with engineering teams, vendors, and stakeholders, driving mitigation, service restoration, and clear business communication.
Monitor production environments using observability tools such as Datadog, supporting
Responsible for managing and governing the end-to-end Change Management process, ensuring controlled, risk-assessed, and compliant deployment of changes across critical systems and environments.
Coordinate and lead Change Advisory Board (CAB) ceremonies, facilitating decision-making, risk evaluation, and approval of standard, normal, and emergency changes. Ensure proper documentation, validation,
Responsible for managing and coordinating the resolution of complex IT incidents across software, hardware, and critical systems. I orchestrate cross-functional teams, ensure accurate incident logging, prepare executive incident reports, and lead root-cause analysis sessions.
Oversee Level 0 and Level 1 support teams, ensuring SLA compliance and high-quality customer service. Administer the Jira
Led software development teams under agile methodologies, overseeing the creation and enhancement of web applications for consumer lending across Colombia and Central America (Core Banking – Boarding BPM). Planned resources, coordinated workloads, and supervised development activities end-to-end to ensure successful software implementation.
Provided technical leadership to development teams worki
Managed and led the technical support team, ensuring timely, accurate, and high-quality customer service for end users. Supervised support agents, monitored service KPIs, and ensured compliance with response and resolution times across all client interactions.
Resolved Level 2 incidents related to production applications, including service adjustments and database actions. Guaranteed adherence to
Provided first-level remote support for the Retail Pro V8 billing application, ensuring continuous operation across multiple retail stores. Managed integrations with SAP ERP for inventory loading processes and coordinated financial closing activities within corporate applications.
Delivered hardware and infrastructure support, including the opening of new stores—overseeing the setup of racks, voi
Provided Level 0 and Level 1 technical support to office users, assisting with Office 365, Teams, and general productivity tools. Performed configuration and basic administration of Linux and Windows operating systems, ensuring proper functionality for daily operations.
Managed technology asset inventory and supported routine technical tasks to maintain an organized and efficient IT environment.
Managed the organization’s systems area, performing network installation and repair, as well as providing Java-based support for governmental accounting and logistics applications. Developed digital forms for internal information storage and created CSS-based web interfaces for purchase request workflows.
Provided technical support for governmental applications, conducted monitoring and preventiv
Provided call center–based remote support for mobile operator applications (Claro), assisting end users with technical issues and service requests. Managed and resolved user inquiries efficiently while maintaining high standards of customer service and satisfaction.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Universidad Central (CO)
Ingeniería Sistemas, Tecnología informática/Tecnología de sistemas informáticos
2017 - 2023
Instituo Diversificado Albert Einstein
Technician with emphasis on systems
Instituto Diversificado Albert Einstein
Bachelor
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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Location
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