Ryan McCartney

Ryan McCartney has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries, including information technology, consulting, and emergency management. Ryan'smost recent position was as the Federal Practice Leader at RISCPoint, where they oversee projects related to program establishment and assessment support for achieving and maintaining FedRAMP Authorization. Prior to that, they served as the Associate Director of Federal Services at RISCPoint, collaborating with clients to ensure project alignment and conducting workshops to compare technical environments against NIST baselines. Ryan also has experience at A-LIGN, where they worked as a FedRAMP / CMMC / FISMA Senior Consultant and FISMA/FedRAMP Staff Consultant. Additionally, they have internships in counterintelligence and insider threat at the Defense Technical Information Center, emergency management at the Chester County Department of Emergency Management, and served as the Regimental Community Service Operations Officer at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Ryan has also worked as a Squad Leader and Training and Retention Assistant at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and held positions as a Programmer at Applied Video Technology, a Freelance Assistant Director at 3CTVLive.com, and a Sales Team Leader at Wegmans Food Markets.

Ryan McCartney completed their education history with a Bachelor of Science degree in Emergency Management and Homeland Security from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 2018. Prior to that, they graduated from Downingtown East High School in 2012 with a diploma. Ryan also holds several additional certifications in various fields, such as Provisional Assessor from the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body (CMMC AB) obtained in May 2021, Baltimore Cyber Range Graduate from the A2LA Accreditation Council obtained in July 2020, and Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge from the Cloud Security Alliance obtained in October 2019, among others.