Rainier (Ram) Milanes

READY NOW. BUILT TO ADAPT.

Global Privacy, Compliance & Information Security Risk Professional

Former privacy regulator and legally trained, hands-on risk professional with experience across privacy operations, compliance, GRC, IT risk, security assurance, risk and control assessment, remediation, regulatory systems, and cross-functional technology implementation.

  • Privacy Operations
  • GRC
  • IT Risk
  • Security Compliance
  • Risk & Control Assessment
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Professional evidence

Privacy, compliance and information-security risk in practice

Hands-on work across consulting, regulatory and commercial environments, spanning privacy operations, risk and control assessment, compliance monitoring, remediation, security governance and technology implementation.

RAM Privacy & Security

October 2024 – Present

Principal Consultant

Independent Consulting Practice

  • Conduct risk assessments and translate findings into prioritized remediation actions, implementation roadmaps, and measurable controls.
  • Develop policies, standards, procedures, incident-readiness materials, and executive reports; support third-party risk, audit readiness, regulatory compliance, and stakeholder coordination.

National Privacy Commission

October 2024 – January 2026

Innovation and Transformation Consultant

Designation: Chief Information Technology Officer

  • Supported risk assessments and the development of controls addressing identified cybersecurity and information-security risks.
  • Introduced pre- and post-production security implementation for the Compliance and Security Monitoring Command Center, reviewed execution, and provided guidance on privacy and security alignment.

National Privacy Commission

March 2021 – September 2024

Information Technology Officer III

Designation: Chief, Compliance and Monitoring Division

  • Raised 2021 compliance-check completions from a target of 350 personal information controllers to 685 PICs.
  • Led development and implementation of the Data Breach Notification Management System and the National Privacy Commission Registration System.
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Role focus

Two hiring lanes. One professional record.

Privacy, compliance and assurance, or GRC, IT risk and security compliance. Employers, dates, and the underlying record stay the same.

Professional Focus

Privacy, Compliance & Assurance

For privacy operations, privacy compliance and assurance, breach governance, regulatory systems, and cross-border privacy engagement.

  • Privacy Operations
  • Privacy Compliance
  • Privacy Assurance
  • Remediation
  • Cross-Border Privacy
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Professional Focus

GRC, IT Risk & Security Compliance

For GRC, IT risk, technology risk, security compliance, controls, assurance, audit readiness and remediation.

  • GRC
  • IT Risk
  • Security Compliance
  • Risk & Control Assessment
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Applied implementation

PrivAI Guard

Employee use of public AI tools often outpaces the privacy and governance controls around them.

A Shadow AI governance MVP I designed and developed that turns risky employee AI use into structured privacy-risk triage, human review, and auditable remediation.

  • Shows that governance requirements can be translated into a working technical system.
  • Structured risk review and remediation with a human decision path.
  • Not automated legal or regulatory decisioning.
  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Supabase/PostgreSQL
  • Vercel
  • GitHub

Northwestern MSIS capstone — cloud-deployed non-production MVP. Synthetic demonstration data only. Human governance review — not automated legal or regulatory decisioning.

Read the PrivAI Guard case study

Supporting evidence

  • Data Breach Notification Management System

    National breach-notification portal

    Role / contribution. Led planning, development, and implementation as project sponsor.

    • Breach notification
    • Incident reporting
    • Privacy operations
    • Regulatory implementation
    View the breach-notification system on Projects

  • milanesram.com — Secure Portfolio & Content Management Platform

    Production portfolio and owner-managed CMS

    Role / contribution. Designed, implemented, and currently maintains the production site and owner CMS.

    • Supabase Auth
    • Row-Level Security
    • Supabase/PostgreSQL
    • Vercel
    View the production CMS on Projects
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Credentials

Education and certifications

Formal credentials that support the professional record.

Education

Master of Science in Information Systems, Security Specialization

Northwestern University · 2026

Certification

Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)

IAPP

Certification

Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

ISC2

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Ready now. Built to adapt.

The underlying work is already familiar: privacy and compliance operations, risk and control assessment, remediation, governance, and implementation support.

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