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Shalini Diwakar

@shalinidiwakar

GRC Engineering Manager driving security governance, risk reduction, and compliance across cloud and enterprise environments.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a senior GRC/security role where I can lead cross-functional teams to mature risk programs, implement cloud and AI governance, and drive measurable audit and compliance outcomes.

I am a GRC Engineering Manager with 8+ years strengthening security governance, risk, and compliance programs across global technology, financial services, cloud platforms, and enterprise IT. I have a proven track record of implementing defensible controls, centralizing risk processes, achieving SOC 2 and audit readiness, and delivering executive-level reporting that improves audit scores and reduces control exceptions.

I lead cross-functional teams to operationalize NIST/ISO frameworks, third-party risk management, SDLC governance, and cloud security controls, and I have built AI system governance, automated compliance reporting, and risk dashboards using tools like ServiceNow GRC, Archer, and Power BI. My background spans enterprise consulting, product-focused data governance, and global information-security leadership where I drove Zero Trust transformations, vendor assurance programs, and secure onboarding workflows that measurably reduced privileged access and unauthorized-access risks.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

GRC Engineering Manager

Current

Capgemini

Mar 2024 - Present (2 years 3 months)

Led enterprise-wide GRC program uplift for banking and insurance clients, aligning controls to NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOC 2 and reducing control exceptions by 30% while delivering executive-level risk and audit readiness reporting.

GRC NIST CSF SOC Power BI

Product Manager

Cornell University

Jun 2023 - Mar 2024 (9 months)

Defined data-governance and security controls for CRM and partner platforms across 78 datasets, standardized IAM and least-privilege onboarding, and reduced unauthorized-access risks by 40%.

Data Governance IAM Threat Modeling RACI API Security Privacy Controls CRM

Consultant

IBM

Jan 2023 - May 2023 (4 months)

Designed ERP and supply chain optimization strategies that improved digitized supply chain efficiency by 30% through demand-forecasting and logistics planning recommendations.

ERP Supply Chain Optimization demand planning Strategy Consulting Data Analysis Stakeholder Management

Information Security Manager

Intel

Jul 2018 - Jul 2022 (4 years)

Led a 20-person global team to implement Zero Trust and DevOps security transformations, improved operational efficiency by 27%, consolidated controls into standardized baselines, and supported ~$22B in M&A cybersecurity assessments.

Network Security Zscaler IAM Vulnerability Management

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Cornell University

Master of Engineering Management, Engineering Management

2022 - 2023

Grade: 4.0

Activities and societies: Social Co-Chair: Graduate Society for Women Engineers; Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Business Management and Consumer Behavior (~240 students)

Master of Engineering Management completed with a 4.0 GPA, focused on project management, analytics, operations strategy, and data product design; served as Social Co-Chair for the Graduate Society for Women Engineers and was a teaching assistant for Introduction to Business Management.

SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

2014 - 2018

Grade: 9.2/10

Activities and societies: Technical Lead at SRMKzilla (founding member), organized technical workshops and Mozfests

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology earned with a 9.2/10 GPA, covering computer architecture, data warehousing, cloud computing, and web technologies; served as Technical Lead and founding member of the SRMKzilla Mozilla club.