Summary
David Rippetoe is a seasoned security and technology leader with more than two decades of experience delivering cloud services, IT security, and compliance across global teams. As CISO at Marathon Health, he drives risk-based security strategy, cloud security architecture, and regulatory assurance for hundreds of customers. His hands-on leadership spans virtualization, cloud, database, networking, UNIX/Linux and Windows, alongside cyber security and compliance disciplines, enabling end-to-end design, delivery, and assurance of multi-sector standards such as FFIEC, GDPR, HIPAA, ITAR and PCI. Previously at IBM, AT&T, and Hicuity Health, he built and scaled security and eCommerce programs, including leading cross-border teams and establishing standardized security policies, vulnerability management, WAF, IPS/IDS, and PCI audit support. His track record includes growing global teams from modest sizes to 50+ professionals in offshore centers, and delivering projects across cloud platforms and managed services. Based in Sugar Land, Texas, he combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution to turn complex requirements into auditable, scalable security solutions.
12 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, MBA at Xavier University
BA, BA at University of Kentucky