Nick Culbertson is the CEO and co-founder of Protenus, the #1 healthcare compliance analytics platform. The company reduces risk and ensures patient trust. Nick attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he and co-founder Robert Lord saw firsthand how electronic medical records are used to improve patient care and share data more efficiently. They also observed that the electronic medical record created a whole new slate of serious security and privacy concerns. In 2014, Nick and Robert developed the initial prototype and algorithms that launched Protenus, fulfilling a critical need to better protect patient data in electronic health records. Earlier in his career, Nick served for eight years in the US Army and completed his service as a highly-decorated Special Forces operator (Green Beret). Additionally, Nick spent four years as a biomedical researcher at Johns Hopkins University. Nick holds a bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in Cellular Biology and helps run The 6th Branch, a veteran-led community service organization in East Baltimore.