Cem is an information security leader, advisor, and professional with over 20 years of experience in the field. Working with Fortune 500 companies, such as Facebook and Salesforce, and other technology, finance, insurance, and educational services firms in the United States and Europe, Cem has been involved in numerous projects in the areas of cloud native security, audit, vulnerability assessment, computer forensics, and secure systems design. He has also been involved as an expert in various security incidents involving system intrusions, theft of intellectual property, and fraud.

Cem has co-authored multiple patents and has contributed to books and online publications in the information security field. He has presented in conferences, such as RSA USA, FIRST, EuroForensics and many others to enrich the information security community. Cem also gives back to the community by volunteering on the board of the Silicon Valley Chapter of Cloud Security Alliance, contributing to open source projects and via many other philanthropic activities.