As Chief Information Security Officer, Rick Gonzalez establishes, maintains and executes enterprise Information Security and IT Infrastructure programs for Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. He defines the company’s cybersecurity strategy and framework with corresponding roadmaps to identify, protect, detect, respond and recover from information security related risks and incidents. Additionally, Rick ensures that Konica Minolta’s systems and infrastructure comply with all legal, regulatory, industry requirements, corporate policies, standards, and procedures. Rick is also responsible for the overall strategic and tactical planning, implementation, maintenance and support of the organization’s Cloud Data Center, Network and End User Compute infrastructure, making sure all systems and services are up and running. He partners with all departments on an ongoing basis to effectively and continually assess the evolving needs of the company and develop plans to meet those needs. Rick also functions as the Regional Security Management Officer (RSMO) for all of North America, guiding and directing the InfoSec initiatives and influencing the Global SMO’s initiatives and agenda.