Mercedes Barrachina Fernandez is the SAP innovation lead for IBM Security and has been in that role since 2018. She has a master of science degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of Malaga, developed her master’s thesis in the German Aerospace Center (DLR), holds a bachelor of science degree and a doctorate degree in economics, and has completed several SAP training courses, including SAP Process Control, SAP Risk Management, SAP Fraud Management, SAP Access Control, and SAP HANA. She is a certified information system auditor (CISA) and an SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP BusinessObjects Access Control 10.0. She has led SAP projects globally, including in Europe, Asia, and South America. 
Mercedes has hands-on experience managing and implementing multiple SAP solutions, including SAP Enterprise Threat Detection, SAP Audit Management, SAP Fraud Management, and SAP governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions. She works with multiple customers in the security space, sharing her experiences and expertise. She is based in Madrid and enjoys playing tennis and traveling.