GBQ, a Top 100 tax, accounting and consulting firm, announces that Ray Tefft has been promoted to Director on the firm's Business Technology Solutions team.
Ray joined GBQ in 2018 and provides security consulting services to help clients discover, manage, and prevent security vulnerabilities across organizational systems and networks. He also manages the Cybersecurity and Forensics Services teams. He leads the delivery of infrastructure and cloud assessments, Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), third-party risk management, digital footprint management, application testing, PEN testing, infrastructure and cloud architecture engineering, and incident and forensics response. Ray also serves clients as a virtual CIO and virtual CISO.
“Ray’s promotion reflects his strong leadership skills, deep cybersecurity expertise and commitment to helping our clients manage risk and achieve their business technology goals,” said Doug Davidson, director and leader of Business Technology Solutions at GBQ.
Before joining GBQ, Ray worked as the IT Manager of Operations and Security for a manufacturing company in New Albany, OH, where he managed the infrastructure, operations, and security for corporate, R&D, and more than seventeen plants globally. Ray led the creation of the cybersecurity practice that supported the global network and systems for the business.
While at GBQ, Ray has managed more than 400 engagements consisting of technical, cloud, framework assessments, IT staff assessments, incident response, forensics, fractional CISO/CIO, and risk management. Additionally, he has worked with NIST, CIS CSC, HIPAA, and ITIL V4 frameworks.
Ray graduated from DeVry University with a B.S. in Computer Information Systems and ITIL V4 Certification.
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