Rodney Gullatte, Jr., is a community leader, US Air Force Veteran, Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Chief Information Security Officer, Certified Network Defense Architect and another 13 certifications.  He is the CEO of Firma IT Solutions which provides Penetration Testing “Pen Testing” for private companies that currently have internal IT/Cyber support or are outsourcing their IT/Cyber services. This is a procedure where his company will launch controlled cyberattacks from outside and within your company against your company.  The deliverable, is a series of reports that show everything that was exploited and compromised, sorted by severity along with proof and remediation actions.  This is given to the company leadership and IT departments to remediate. With a background in Information Technology and Cybersecurity that includes Department of Defense, retail, healthcare, casinos, utility companies and more, Rodney has developed Firma IT Solutions to bring this enterprise Pen Testing service to businesses in the Pikes Peak Region and across the World. Colorado Springs, CO is his 5^th community as a military family. In the span of 9 years, Rodney has established himself in Colorado Springs as a transformational business and community leader.

His accomplishments include becoming the first Black President of the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs (2020-2021), winner of Colorado Springs Business Journal Best in Business 2017 and 2023 #1 Cybersecurity Company, recipient of the Colorado Springs Business Journal Rising Stars Class of 2018 award, winner of the 2020 Mayor’s Young Leaders Award in Technology and Sustainability, winner of the 2020 Front Range Power Connectors Networker of the Year, founder of the Colorado Springs Black Business Network and the winner of Small Business Week 2019 Veteran Business Owner of the Year.

He is the immediate Past-President & CEO of the Colorado Springs Black Chamber of Commerce and serves on the board of directors for the Colorado Springs Chamber and EDC, The National Cybersecurity Center and the Global Advisory Board of EC-Council’s Penetration Testing Certification. He is an alumni of the inaugural Colorado Springs Mayor’s Civic Leaders Fellowship, Colorado Governor’s Fellowship Class of 2022 and Colorado Springs Leadership Institute Class of 2019. He has most currently served as an Honorary Commander of the US Air Force Academy (2022-2024) and is one of 50 people globally to be honored as a 2023 EC-Council Chief Information Security Officer Hall of Fame Award Winner.