Blaise is a Knowledge Leader and Director at A-LIGN and has over 14 years of experience in Security Compliance and Risk Management. He joined A-LIGN in 2013 and having a unique background as a CPA, CISA, CITP, CCSK, CCP (CMMC) and CCSFP (HITRUST), Blaise has performed over 500 SOC attestation reviews, over 300 HITRUST and HIPAA assessments, and over 100 NIST 800-53 and 800-171 assessments for Global 1000 and Fortune 500 clients in various industries.
Blaise is also a sought-after thought leader and has delivered several speaking engagements at well-renowned conferences such as HIMSS, HITRUST and ISACA. Blaise has also written dozens of blogs and whitepapers on the topics of Security Compliance, CMMC, Artificial Intelligence, Telemedicine, Blockchain technology and Third-Party Risk Management.

Prior to joining A-LIGN, Blaise was a Senior Consultant at Century Payments, Inc., and an Advisory Associate at KPMG.