Leadership
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Vincent Bennekers
Vice President of Quality
Vincent leads the HITRUST Compliance Program. He is responsible for overseeing the integrity of the HITRUST CSF Assurance Program, which provides centralized reporting and oversight for all HITRUST CSF Assessments and reports. He is also responsible for championing continued improvements to the integrity, transparency, and ultimately the rely-ability of HITRUST reporting. Vincent has spent a significant portion of his career in the Netherlands and Belgium, supporting clients to achieve their IT assurance and cybersecurity goals.
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Dominic Boamah, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Research & Analysis
Dominic Boamah, Ph.D. Director, Office of Research & Analysis -
KC Chewning
Sr Director of Operations and Process Improvement
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Bryan Cline Ph.D.
Chief Research Officer
Bryan provides thought leadership on risk management and compliance and develops the methodologies used in various components of the HITRUST Approach. This includes a focus on the design of the HITRUST CSF and the assessment and certification models used in the HITRUST CSF Assurance Programs, for which he provides technical direction and oversight. He’s also responsible for addressing emerging trends impacting risk management and compliance to ensure the HITRUST Approach sets the bar for organizations seeking the most comprehensive privacy and security frameworks available. Bryan previously served as HITRUST’s Vice President of Standards and Analysis.
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Maria Christina Comas
Director of Project Management
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Matthew Datel
Director of Strategic Partnerships
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Gladys Evans
Chief of Staff
Gladys Evans Chief of Staff -
Marc Fitzpatrick
Director of Product Marketing and Corporate Communications
Marc Fitzpatrick Director of Product Marketing and Corporate Communications -
Michael Frederick
Director of Professional Services
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Pat Long
Director of Information Technology
Pat Long Director of Information Technology -
Iddah Mwaniki
Director of IT Audit
Iddah Mwaniki Director of IT Audit -
James Nutkis
Sr. Director, Product Management
James Nutkis Sr. Director, Product Management -
Dennis Palmer
Director of Customer Experience
As the HITRUST Director of Customer Experience, Dennis engages as a customer advocate, ensuring that HITRUST products and services provide the best quality to the end-user. He has been at HITRUST since 2014. Dennis has over 25 years of commercial, military, and government experience in various aspects of information system design, installation, operation, maintenance, and security.
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Michael Parisi
Vice President of Adoption
Michael Parisi has led over 500 controls-related engagements primarily in the healthcare and financial services industries. He has extensive experience with third-party assurance reporting including HITRUST readiness, HITRUST certification, SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, Agreed Upon Procedure and customized AT-101 engagements. He also has several years’ experience implementing large Oracle ERP systems specializing in the General Ledger and Governance Risk and Compliance modules. He has extensive knowledge of financial reporting and regulatory standards through his external audit and consulting experience, including Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, NIST, CMS and state specific standards. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems and an MBA from Quinnipiac University. He is an active member of ISACA and IAPP.
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Ryan Patrick
Vice President of Adoption
Ryan Patrick Vice President of Adoption -
Joshua Perlow
Vice President, Business Development & Adoption
Joshua Perlow Vice President, Business Development & Adoption -
Classie Pierre
Director of HR
Classie Pierre Director of HR -
Eric Rozier
Director of Client Development
Eric Rozier Director of Client Development -
Andrew Russell
Vice President of Standards
Andrew leads the HITRUST Standards group. With deep levels of expertise in information security controls mapping, controls testing, automation, and data analytics. Andrew is responsible for development enhancements and ongoing maintenance of the HITRUST CSF framework. Andrew has a decade of “Big 4” audit experience covering a wide range of standards and a diverse mixture of projects.
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Fernando Sarife
Director of Sales Operations
Fernando Sarife Director of Sales Operations -
Becky Swain
Director of Cloud Assurance Innovation
With extensive expertise in cybersecurity, privacy supply chain assurance, and GRC frameworks, Becky Swain, Director of Cloud Assurance Innovation, leads the HITRUST Shared Responsibility and Inheritance Program. Previously, she held leadership roles in cybersecurity and IT audit and compliance, working for the Big Four and Silicon Valley technology companies. As a leading contributor to cloud standards development, Swain was a founding member of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), co-founder and author of the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM), project co-editor of ISO/IEC 27036-1:2014, and a founding member of the exam writing committee for (ISC)2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP). Swain has been invited to speak at top tech conferences and has received numerous industry security recognitions while holding professional credentials in (ISC)2 CISSP, IAPP CIPT and CIPP/US, the AICPA CISA, and HITRUST CCSFP.
Becky Swain Director of Cloud Assurance Innovation