Zach Shales
About Zach Shales
Zach Shales serves as the Director of Compliance Management and Automation at Coalfire, where he has worked since 2022. He has extensive experience in compliance assessments and project delivery, particularly in the healthcare sector, and has held various roles at Coalfire since 2015.
Current Role at Coalfire
Zach Shales currently serves as the Director of Compliance Management and Automation at Coalfire. He has held this position since 2022 and is based in Westminster, Colorado. In this role, he focuses on compliance management strategies and automation processes to enhance operational efficiency within the organization.
Previous Experience at Coalfire
Zach Shales has extensive experience at Coalfire, having worked in various roles since 2015. He served as a Senior Director of Cloud Infrastructure from 2020 to 2022, a Principal Consultant in Innovation from 2019 to 2020, and an Associate IT Consultant from 2015 to 2016. He also held positions as a Senior Security Consultant and Director of Healthcare Assurance, contributing to projects related to SOC, PCI, and FedRAMP.
Educational Background
Zach Shales holds two Bachelor's Degrees. He studied Biology at Colorado Mesa University from 2008 to 2010. He also attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where he studied Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience from 2010 to 2013. This educational background provides him with a strong foundation in both biological sciences and health-related fields.
Compliance and Security Expertise
Zach Shales possesses deep subject matter expertise in HITRUST CSF and HIPAA Security Rule. He has led compliance assessments for various healthcare organizations, including payers, group health plans, data analytics, pharmaceuticals, and cloud service providers. His experience includes delivering SOC, PCI, and FedRAMP projects, demonstrating his proficiency in compliance and security management.
Professional Experience Outside Coalfire
Before his tenure at Coalfire, Zach Shales worked as an Inclusion Specialist for the City of Boulder from 2012 to 2015. He also had a brief role as an Order Analyst at Bandwidth.com in 2015. These positions contributed to his diverse professional background and skill set.