Leadership Team at Fortified

Russell’s three decades in Infosec span Healthcare, Pharma, Financial, & Tech sectors. A U.S. Army Intelligence veteran and former CSO/CTO at cybersecurity firms such as Mandiant, CyberTrust, & IBM, he’s also contributed his expertise to the White House National Cybersecurity Healthcare Strategy.

Greg brings three decades of financial leadership to Fortified, including serving as fractional and full-time CFO for cybersecurity and healthcare companies such as Avertium, Valera Health, and eMedApps.

Julia brings more than 19 years of experience to her role, 8 of which have been in healthcare cybersecurity. Throughout her career, she’s held key roles in sales, marketing, product management, global channel distribution, business development, and operations at organizations including Ingersoll Rand and Dentsply Sirona. 

Preston brings 16 years of IT/security expertise, spanning threat & vulnerability management, security engineering, security program development, digital forensics, and SOC. Previous roles include engineering/architecture at Community Health Systems & Information Security Officer at RCCH Health.

Mark has a proven record of leading healthcare cybersecurity strategy. He joined Fortified through the acquisition of Latitude, the healthcare-focused cybersecurity firm he founded. Previously, he served as EVP at a cybersecurity consultancy, CISO at a software development and consulting company, and an officer in the U.S. Air Force.

Spencer’s IT engineering and security career began 16 years ago at Apple. Since then, he’s applied his engineering, architecture, and platform development expertise in fields ranging from network engineering in the United States Marine Corps to healthcare as a security engineer at MEDHOST.

With 27 years of leadership experience, Craig’s focus is security across the entire Software Engineering realm. He’s advanced strategic initiatives to drive growth and innovation within multiple healthcare companies, including Medhost, Softserve, West, and FLEETCOR. Key technical areas include Data, Analytics, AI/ML, Cloud Architecture, DevOps, and SDLC. 

Summer brings 8 years of experience in Revenue Operations, Sales, and Client Success to Fortified. Her role involves optimizing sales processes, maximizing lead generation efforts, overseeing Fortified’s partnership program, and aligning business operations.

T.J. Ramsey is an IT security professional with 18 years of experience in healthcare and defense intelligence. He served as a U.S. Army Military Intelligence Analyst for the Department of Defense and held security roles at Obsidian Solutions Group and SAIC/Leidos.

Jake has 5+ years in Infosec and cybersecurity, including 3 years at Community Health Systems. His career has been dedicated to supporting healthcare environments, most recently focusing his operational and technical experience on overseeing the strategic operations of Fortified’s SOC Center.

Jim is a Security Compliance Consultant with over 35 years of experience in information security and infrastructure covering healthcare, third-party administration, technology, financial, government, legal, manufacturing, and process control. Jim has held roles as Infrastructure Architect, Chief Information Officer, and Information Security Officer. ​

Drawing on a strong foundation in networking and security, Brian partners with provider organizations to mature risk programs, align controls to regulatory expectations, and drive measurable risk reduction. His experience advising on real-world threats and governance challenges positions him to bridge technical and executive priorities, helping clients strengthen resilience while maintaining operational continuity. Brian is trusted for delivering clear, actionable guidance that advances security programs beyond compliance toward sustained performance and accountability.​

Scott brings over 13 years of experience in IT audit, cybersecurity, and privacy risk management across healthcare, financial services, government, and technology industries. Today he leads the team conducting enterprise cybersecurity, privacy, and cloud security assessments aligned to leading frameworks.

Jason’s 25 years in cybersecurity, IT, and information security spans the healthcare, tech, manufacturing, and for the past 19 years, healthcare sectors. He’s held pivotal leadership roles at several hospitals and at Cerner, including CIO, CISO, Program Director, and Director of Operations.

Deanna brings more than 25+ years in healthcare and healthcare technology to her Controller role at Fortified. Throughout her career, she has held key financial leadership roles with Currie Medical Specialties, Qualifacts, and Spheris (now 3M HIS).