A visionary, strategic and certified Information Technology professional with more than 25 years of in-depth and cross-industry experience that includes healthcare, telecommunications, financial services, retail and manufacturing. His career spans a progression of roles from Systems Operations and Network Administration, Software Engineering, Business Analysis, IT Project Management, Information Security, IT Risk Management, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning.

As the CISO for Orthofix, John is currently focused on leading the development of strategic and innovative implementations of Information Security and IT Risk Management initiatives that leverage enabling technologies within the healthcare industry by applying practical, business-driven vision to develop sensitive data protection strategies. He is a member of several industry groups that include Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), HITRUST (Health Information Trust Alliance), DHS Critical Infrastructure Protection Advisory Council (CIPAC) ISE, and the HHS National Health Information Sharing & Analysis Center (NH-ISAC) among others as well as a frequent speaker at industry conferences, summits and other related events that include RSA Security Conference USA 2011, RSA Security Conference Europe 2010, HIMSS 2011, and OWASP USA 2010.