About the IAPP

Amaka is a digital trust leader specializing in enabling the utilization of sensitive data while prioritizing security, privacy, and responsible practices. With a BSc in Computer Science and an MSc in IT Management and Organizational Change, she boasts 15 years of professional experience, with over 12 dedicated to the field of Privacy. Her extensive certifications include:

- Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM)
- Certified Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM)
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
- ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
- ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library Foundation (ITIL v3)
- Certified Ethical Hacker (EC-Council CEH)
- EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (EC-Council CEH)
- Citi IRB Certificate (Human Subject Research

Amaka is an experienced cybersecurity and privacy engineer who architects and engineers’ privacy programs and controls with a focus on AI governance. She is a Privacy Engineer with Cruise LLC. Cruise is an international autonomous vehicle company.

Prior to Cruise, Amaka spent about 5 years in Microsoft Research and Incubations organization at Microsoft where she focused on next generation innovative solutions embedding privacy practices into strategy, partnership, and research initiatives. She was one of the founding members of Global Health Access with responsibility to deploy AI/ML models in Low- or Medium-Income Countries (LMIC) to address health equity.

Her extensive experience spans from the United Kingdom, United States and Nigeria. She has had a stint in consulting at Deloitte where she was part of the technology audit team conducting financial audit and vulnerability assessment and penetration test for top Africa Banks to ensure robust infrastructure and controls to serve their respective customers. Amaka was the first IT Enterprise Security Lead at United Bank for Africa (UBA) focusing on events and vulnerability management. In this role she improved the Bank’s IT internal control by mitigating 85% of existing open issues in the first 100 days and designed project plans to address the remainder.

She is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the International Information.

Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2), the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), Institute of Operational Design (IOPD), and AI Incubator. She is also a member of the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG) where she volunteered in 2020 on the Digital Skill Thematic Group. With a strong compliance background in cybersecurity, privacy and AI governance, she leverages her expertise, experience and passion in a way that is laser focused on impact for the organization, stakeholders, and customers.