Christy Ruffcorn

Christy Ruffcorn, PMP, currently serves as a Senior Digital Product Owner and Senior Principal of Strategic Initiatives at Avantax since January 2021. Prior to this role, Christy held various positions at Optiv Inc from October 2018 to December 2020, including Program Manager and Project Manager within Corporate IT focusing on Strategic Initiatives and Organizational Effectiveness. Christy's experience also includes serving as the Director of U.S. Business Systems at Essense of Australia for a brief period in 2017 and spending over two decades at Westlake Hardware, culminating in the position of Director of Information Technology. Christy's career began in technical support roles at Knight-Ridder Financial/Americas, where responsibilities progressed from Technical Support Representative to Technical Support Team Leader. Christy earned a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Management from DeVry Institute of Technology between 1989 and 1992.