1st Defense CMMC
Meet the Team
The 1st Defense CMMC leadership team brings decades of executive and technical experience from organizations including IBM, Microsoft, State Farm, Gartner, root9B, and Shadowscape, along with hands-on leadership as Lead CCAs on dozens of CMMC Level 2 assessments and as instructors delivering CCP and CCA training. Together, we accelerate the CMMC ecosystem by providing end-to-end CMMC training, readiness, and assessment services that help OSCs achieve certification, professionals advance their careers, and C3PAOs scale the number of assessments.
James McCarter
Managing Director & Co-Founder
GSLC, A+, Net+, Sec+, Project+, ITIL
Mark Debry
President & Co-Founder, Assessor
LCCA, CISM, CCA/CCP Instructor,
CMMC Industry Speaker
Mike Forgione
Director of Cyber Operations, Assessor
LCCA, CISSP, Cyber SME
Dana Hamilton
Assessor
LCCA, CISA
Mike George
Assessor
LCCA, CySA+
John Lambros
Assessor & Marketing
CCA, CRISC
Jay Swanson
Assessor
CCA, CISSP, PMP
Brian Kendall
Assessor
CCA, PMP
Burke Manwaring
Assessor
CCA, PMP
Thomas Weis
Assessor
CCA, CySA+
Jerry Bell
Lead Readiness Expert
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Meet the Team
The 1st Defense CMMC leadership team brings decades of executive and technical experience from organizations including IBM, Microsoft, State Farm, Gartner, root9B, and Shadowscape, along with hands-on leadership as Lead CCAs on dozens of CMMC Level 2 assessments and as instructors delivering CCP and CCA training. Together, we accelerate the CMMC ecosystem by providing end-to-end CMMC training, readiness, and assessment services that help OSCs achieve certification, professionals advance their careers, and C3PAOs scale the number of assessments.
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Every organization’s compliance journey is different. We meet you where you are, providing clear guidance and dependable support from preparation through certification.
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