Pete has over 20 years’ experience in the technology and healthcare fields. He combines hands-on technical knowledge with an understanding of how technology creates business value. He has strong communications skills and can address board members, sales prospects, and front-line staff on the complex topics of security and compliance. In the last 12 years at Techumen, he has served over 1000 clients, covering a wide range of sizes, sophistication levels, and market sectors. He has been a CISO for multiple companies, and grown security programs from a blank page to full maturity. He has helped multiple clients with their Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigations, and guided many healthcare IT startups as they navigated the complexities of HIPAA compliance.
Prior to founding Techumen, Pete was a manager in Ernst & Young’s Information Security practice, leading engagements for Fortune 500 clients in the healthcare, financial, and telecom sector. He has also been a system administrator for various Software-as-a-Service startups. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.