Carlos Leonardo has dedicated the last 10 years to improving the state of the cyber ecosystem in the Dominican Republic. He leads the National CSIRT, establishing the procedural and operational foundations for the development and improvement of the Dominican Republic's cybersecurity posture. Carlos has supported many other governments and regional organizations around the world in establishing national incident response capabilities and creating channels for regional cooperation and best practice sharing. Carlos' involvement in the incident response community over the years has included presentations at various forums and participation in committees and working groups of international organizations such as FIRST, OAS CICTE, GFCE, Interpol and EUCybernet.