Carla Isabel Vila

Carla Isabel Vila serves as the Associate Director and Business Information Security Officer at Cognizant, where responsibilities include advising business leaders on technology and security strategies that foster value creation and innovation. Prior experience at PwC involved roles as Application Readiness Leader and Senior Associate & Manager, focusing on application security compliance, risk assessments, and implementing automation within CI/CD processes to enhance security. Notable achievements include customizing the Third Party Risk Management module in RSA Archer and negotiating multimillion-dollar security contracts with major technology vendors. Earlier in the career, Carla was a Project Manager at Nextech Systems, where support was provided to physician practices in implementing electronic health record software in compliance with regulatory requirements. Carla holds a B.A. in International Management from the University of South Florida Muma College of Business and has studied Latin American Market at UADE.