Leadership
Let the 360 Advanced leadership team’s decades of experience benefit you
Daniel P. Collins, MBA, CPA
President and Chief Executive Officer
BS Management Information Systems and Finance, Florida State University
MBA Finance and Marketing, University of Miami
As President and Chief Executive Officer of 360 Advanced, Collins is ultimately responsible for the performance and culture of the firm. He is a CPA with 20 years of experience in technology audit, risk consulting, and strategy, and has held various certifications, including CISA, HITRUST CCSFP, and PCI QSA. He has been involved in a variety of start-ups and business ventures, and was formerly with Ernst & Young‘s Technology and Security Risk Services and Protiviti’s Technology Risk practice.
Collins has extensive audit and compliance consulting experience with companies ranging from small start-ups to multinational Fortune 500s. He is active in a variety of professional organizations and is a frequent speaker at technology and audit-related events across the country.
Patrick Tolliver
CXO and Chief of Staff
BS Management Information Systems, University of Central Florida
As Chief of Staff, Tolliver leads strategic initiatives across the organization including implementing and managing technologies and services. He joined 360 Advanced from Newgentek where he was the Senior VP of Customer Success and managed relationships across the globe with clients of all sizes and complexities with a laser focus on customer experience and success.
Previous to that, Tolliver served as the VP of Customer Success at Tampa-based IT Solutions provider, Vology. Prior to Vology, Patrick built and ran IT organizations at several large companies. Early in his career, he spent 10 years as a consultant for Protiviti and Accenture where he provided technology solutions and thought leadership for some of the largest companies throughout North America and beyond.
Danielle Kucera, CPA, CISA
Chief Product & Risk Officer
Undergraduate Studies, University of Florida
Master’s Accounting, University of South Florida
In her role as Chief Product & Risk Officer, Kucera is responsible for identifying, developing, and managing new service-product offerings which drive the company’s strategic goals, also overseeing the Quality Assurance Department—driving firm methodologies to ensure our practitioners maintain regulatory compliance while providing clients with insightful information to further their cybersecurity posture—and managing overall business risk. Kucera also leads the firm’s People & Culture initiatives and department.
Kucera has more than 20 years of experience in financial information systems, IT auditing, and financial accounting/auditing. She began her career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young and has held various industry positions, including financial information systems manager. Kucera is a Certified Information Systems Auditor and Certified Public Accountant authorized to practice in several states.
Kucera is unyieldingly committed to serving her community, serving as the Board Chair and Finance Committee Chair for The Children’s Dream Fund, mentoring women in business, and supporting sustainable conservation efforts.
Matthew McNulty
Chief Revenue Officer
BA Economics and Political Science, University of Florida/University of South Florida
As Chief Revenue Officer, McNulty is responsible for sales, marketing, and other go-to-market functions at 360 Advanced. He is a 25-year veteran of the technology and professional services industry and has extensive experience driving growth in SaaS and services organizations.
He has held senior sales and leadership roles at Tribridge, KnowBe4, Ironscales and, most recently, ECI. Prior to sales leadership, McNulty was an operations executive at Southern DataComm and spent many years in management consulting with Accenture and The Hackett Group.
Carl Lindblad, CISA, CCSFP
Senior Practice Director
BS Finance, University of Arizona
Lindblad oversees audit and assessment operations, and is the Director responsible for Assurance and Compliance project services. He has 20 years of experience in technology audit and consulting, as well as eight years in Financial Services. Lindblad was formerly with Ernst & Young’s Information Technology Risk Assurance practice and Arthur Andersen’s Technology Risk Consulting practice, and has extensive experience with both public and non-public entities performing a variety of IT and business process assessments, including integrating technology assessments with internal audit and financial audit programs and procedures.
Brad Lyons, CISA, CISSP, CCSFP, PCI QSA, CISM, CRISC, CBCP
Senior Practice Director
BS Management Information Systems, Metropolitan State University
As Practice Director, Lyons oversees cybersecurity audit and assessment operations, and is responsible for Assurance and Compliance project services with 360 Advanced. Before joining 360 Advanced, Lyons worked for the CPA firm of Lurie, LLP as a Manager in the Technology Consulting division, where he managed various IT attestation and security-related consulting engagements. His main focus over the past 15 years has been performing SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 2 +, SOC 3, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and HITRUST CSF examinations/assessments in a large range of industries, including government, third-party administration providers, telecom, healthcare, data center and cloud services, employee benefits, payroll processing insurance, and many others. He also has experience in IT Risk Assessments, CSA STAR, SSPA, SOX, NCUA, NIST 800-53, FISMA, FedRAMP, CCPA, GDPR, CMMC, GLBA, PIPEDA, IT Strategic Planning, and Continuity Planning engagements.
Lyons has garnered over 18 years’ worth of IT security knowledge, completed training with multiple recognized security organizations, sits on the HITRUST Authorized External Assessor Council and Quality Subcommittee, and has achieved and maintained a list of industry-recognized security designations.
John Kadechka, CPA, CISA, CRISC, CCSFP
Practice Director
BS Management Information Systems, Florida State University
John is an experienced leader in the industry, having spent sixteen years with PwC, where he served as a Trust Solutions Director in Charlotte, NC, London, UK, Tokyo, Japan and our own Tampa, FL. John is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and holds the following certifications: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and HITRUST Certified CSF Practitioner (CCSFP).
John is passionate about giving back to the community and is actively involved as a member of the HEART Math Tutoring program and has also served on different ISACA chapter boards including the President of the West Florida ISACA chapter.
Ryan Winkler, CISA, HCISPP, PCI QSA, CCSFP, CHQP, CDPO, ISO 27001 LI
Practice Director
BS Information System Technology, Seminole State College
As Practice Director, Ryan focuses on technical audits, assessments, and strategy. His experience includes conducting multiple ranges of IT security and privacy assessments including PCI, HIPAA/HITECH, HITRUST, SOC, NIST 800-53, CMMC, ISO 27001, and GDPR.
Prior to joining 360 Advanced in 2015, Ryan led multiple information security efforts for United Health Group, where he managed a multitude of internal assessments such as PCI, HIPAA, and user access audits. He was responsible for handling and responding to identified threats and managed the security event management and correlation platform of the business unit.
Chris Gudzak, CPA, MAcc, CISA, CDPO, CCSFP
Practice Director
BS Criminology, University of Tampa
Master of Accountancy, University of South Florida
Chris is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He holds the following certifications: Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Data and Protection Officer (CDPO), and HITRUST Certified CSF Practitioner (CCSFP). Chris’s professional areas of interest include building strong foundations of trust with his clients and mentoring colleagues who are new to the profession. His primary areas of expertise are SOC, risk management, HIPAA, data privacy, and incidence response.
Prior to joining 360 Advanced in 2016, Chris was a Sheriff’s Deputy with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. He worked for the Sheriff’s Office for more than seven years, gaining experience in public relations, interviewing techniques, and critical decision-making. This unique experience allows him to add value and strengthen relationships with clients in his current position.
Virgil Floresca, CISSP, CISA, CCSP, CCSK, HCISPP, QSA, CCSFP, AWS, CSAA
Director & Security Architect
AA, St. Petersburg College
Virgil Floresca’s focus is on technical audits and assessments. His experience includes information security management and auditing, vulnerability and risk assessments, and network security and server hardening. Prior to joining 360 Advanced, Virgil spent twelve years as a network engineer and IT consultant, working on a range of projects from network and systems security to disaster recovery and business continuity planning. Virgil spent over six years with the City of St. Petersburg as their IT Security Analyst developing and implementing the City’s first security initiatives. Virgil’s experience with PCI, NIST, CSA Star, HIPAA and HITRUST assessments at 360 Advanced have expanded his level of expertise in yet another area with focus on cloud technologies including Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.
Jim Brennan, MBA
Senior Compliance Executive
LASC Business, English and Psychology, Virginia Tech
MBA, Averett University
As a versatile Senior Compliance Executive, Brennan is a proven problem-solver, change-driver, motivator, and team builder. He specializes in new-client acquisition, sales process optimization, and leveraging relationships to drive new opportunities.
Prior to joining 360 Advanced, Brennan generated progressive growth for service organizations, with a focus on data solutions, software, and healthcare. He is an active mentor in the Tampa Bay community and a valued contributor to sales and marketing initiatives.
With more than 27 years of sales and leadership experience, Jim Brennan has extensive expertise with exceptional client satisfaction.
Eric Ratcliffe
Senior Compliance Executive and Compliance Strategy
BS Finance (Concentration in Small Business Consulting), Radford University
Ratcliffe is an innovative business strategist who brings over 22 years of sales and management experience to 360 Advanced. He is a recognized leader in creative marketing strategies and is adept at developing sales in new markets.
Prior to joining 360 Advanced, Ratcliffe owned a successful retail business and helped grow business partnerships with community banks for a financial technology company based in Atlanta. Throughout his career, he has developed successful business strategies while leading an array of business operations, including accounts payable and receivable, purchasing, inventory management, sales and marketing, employee management, and sales training.
His focus is on transforming and improving operations while growing revenue. Ratcliffe is recognized by the local business community for excellence in sales and marketing concepts.
Mike Prevatt, CPA
Director of Operations
BS Business Administration, University of Florida
As Director of Operations, Mike oversees the administrative functions of the company including Information Technologies, Human Resources and Legal. Before joining 360, Mike worked as Chief Financial Officer for several companies in a wide range of industries as well as for the CPA firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers. Mike’s experience includes public company audits and IPO’s, acquisitions and ERP implementations.
Mike has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Florida. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the Florida Institute of CPAs. He has over twenty years of experience in accounting and operations.
Brian Deming
Board Member
BS in Systems Analysis, University of Miami
Brian Deming is a veteran technology entrepreneur and executive with more than 30 years of consulting and business leadership experience. Brian is the co-founder and former President of Tribridge, a technology company specializing in software, services and cloud solutions, where he had overall responsibility for the development and operations of the company’s consulting services, corporate operations and strategic direction. Under his leadership, through a combination of organic growth and acquisition, Tribridge grew from a start-up company to an internationally recognized consulting and solutions firm, posting a compound annual growth rate of nearly 50% prior to being acquired in 2017 by DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company.
Brian previously co-founded and served as Executive Director of the Association of Dynamics Professionals, a professional membership organization devoted to advocacy and management of credentialing and professional certifications in the Microsoft Dynamics ERP community.
David LaVoy
Board Member
BA in Accounting, Michigan State University
David is an executive coach and consultant to owners and leadership teams of start-up and high growth entities. As a retired partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), David has over 35 years of consulting experience assisting a variety of companies and leadership teams, ranging from large multinational organizations to small start-up entities, where he is primarily focused on change and change management within companies’ accounting, finance and operations functions.
Through his multi-year, multi-continent client engagements at PwC, David developed extensive experience advising company executives and board members on matters involving strategy, finance and operational effectiveness, compliance / regulatory matters, corporate governance and enterprise risk management. In addition to serving his clients, David also advised PwC’s leadership team by serving as Chief Audit Executive for the global PwC entity.