Johnny has more than 25 years of information technology (IT) experience. The majority of his experience was acquired during active duty in the U.S. Air Force, where he was a system administrator over multiple platforms as well as an information security officer (ISO).

He focuses on cybersecurity, PCI audits, IT audits, system security, policy, procedure, business continuity and disaster recovery reviews and electronic banking review testing for financial institutions and institutions of higher learning.

Before joining FORVIS, Johnny was senior engineer for a large IT company that managed a sizable international project for the Department of Defense. In addition to leading network and datacenter administration teams, he was responsible for system audits, security, and network accreditation. He also served as the chief operating officer for a regional broadband development company where he directly managed all installation and IT personnel, as well as overseeing network security and product development. Johnny also taught basic and advanced network design, network security and routing administration for Cisco Networking Academy at Arkansas State University.

He holds Payment Card Industry Qualified Security Assessor (QSA), Certified Information Security Manager ® (CISM®), Certified Information Systems Auditor® (CISA®) and CompTIA Security+ certifications.