Andres Calderon

Andres has extensive experience in cybersecurity, IT operations, disaster recovery, and business resilience. With over 25 years in IT leadership and computer engineering, he has consistently delivered robust technology solutions that align with stringent requirements, enhance corporate value, and drive operational resilience.

Andres currently serves as Cyber Resilience Officer and Deputy CISO at Centura Health (a CommonSpirit Health company), where he leads business continuity, disaster resilience, cybersecurity recovery, and emergency management coordination across the system. In this role, he developed a strategic vision for enterprise resilience, enhanced data protection, and integrated cloud-based recovery orchestration. His leadership resulted in an 85% reduction in vulnerabilities within six months and the automation of IAM operations, vulnerability management, and incident response via ServiceNow.

Prior to this, Andres was the Director of IT Service Management and Disaster Recovery at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, where he managed Identity and Access Management (IAM), IT Operations Management (ITOM), Configuration Management (CMDB), IT Service Management (ITSM), and Disaster Recovery (DR). He led major initiatives, including modernizing disaster recovery through cloud migration—reducing corporate spending by $2.5 million annually—and implementing cybersecurity reference architectures for disaster recovery automation. He also managed the ServiceNow platform, aligning ITBM, ITSM, ITOM, and CMDB/CSDM across all business lines.

Andres has extensive experience in integrating analytics and technology with corporate strategy. He has advised senior government officials and business leaders, including the Chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, Representative Bennie Thompson; former Honduran President, Porfirio Lobo Sosa; and the President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández, on cybersecurity, risk management, and national security trends.

Previously, Andres was Associate Director of the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute (SDMI) at Louisiana State University (LSU), where he was a principal investigator on critical projects, including FEMA’s Business Continuity Management (BCM) Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Program (PS-Prep), the Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center, Louisiana Command College, and the SDMI Cybersecurity Program. His work supported business continuity planning and cybersecurity readiness for critical infrastructure in the U.S. and Latin America.

In academia, Andres has been an Adjunct Professor at Louisiana State University and Tulane University, teaching courses in Analytics, Information Systems, and Cybersecurity. He serves as a board member of the LSU Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship & Information Systems (SDEIS) and has contributed to international cybersecurity education initiatives.

Andres is pursuing a PhD in Cybersecurity Engineering from Capitol Technology University, holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman College of Business, a Master of Science in Information Systems and Decision Sciences (MSISDS), and a Master of Science in Computer Engineering (MSCE) from LSU. He has a post-graduate level certificate in applied mathematics and quantum physics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

His work has been published in top-tier academic journals, including:

• IEEE , Enhancing Cybersecurity Competencies in Healthcare: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Patient Safety and Data Integrity (Oct 17, 2024)
• Journal of Radiology Nursing: Transforming Health Care: Exploring Artificial Intelligence Integration, Data Governance, and Ethical Considerations in Nursing (May 11, 2024)
• The Wall Street Journal: How Clinical Resilience Supports Ransomware Management (Apr 24, 2023)
• Journal of Management Information Systems: An Agile Methodology for Disaster Recovery of Information Systems Under Catastrophic Scenarios (2017)
• Communications of the Association for Information Systems: Applying a Layered Framework to Disaster Recovery (2017)
• Journal of Business Continuity and Emergency Planning: Enhancing Private Sector Engagement: Louisiana's Business Emergency Operations Center (2010)