William serves as COO of Fortified Health Security. For nearly 20 years, he’s driven the successful execution of cybersecurity strategies and tactics for the healthcare industry, including managing the Information Security Risk Management (ISRM) team at Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at MEDHOST.

He currently holds multiple certifications in the areas of Information Security and Information Technology, has served as Sponsorship/Programs Director and Vice President of the Middle Tennessee chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and retired after serving more than 20 years in the United States Navy.

William is responsible for enhancing Fortified’s services, delivery model, and security operations center, as well as streamlining operations among the sales, solution architect, account management, and customer success teams.