Leadership

Nolan founded Intrinium (now TorchLight) in 2007 and acts as the organization’s CEO, overseeing the service delivery of the organization. Nolan’s strong technical background, extensive knowledge of security issues and experience in large and small organizations enables him to facilitate secure systems management and the development of effective compliance solutions. He has experience as a CIO and/or CISO in organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 organizations. His extensive consulting experience covers industries such as healthcare, transportation, education, financial services and social services. In the consulting role for these organizations Nolan has assisted and led a variety of projects ranging from complete IT transformations through to greenfield security program and architecture deployments. 

Nolan is a graduate of Eastern Washington University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and minors in both Mathematics and Physics. He further has studied Network Security at the University of Idaho, a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education which is jointly sponsored by the NSA and the Department of Homeland Security. He possesses extensive training in Information Warfare and Network Security, along with in-depth experience with a variety of programming languages and frameworks including Java, C/C++/C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET, PHP, MS SQL, and MySQL. Experience with a variety of platforms including Windows and Linux provide Nolan with a strong foundation for security configuration and systems management. 

During his nearly two decades in the Information Security industry, Stephen Heath has a track record of building strategic solutions that achieve security goals for organizations ranging from Manhattan hedge funds to one of the largest higher education systems in the world.

An outspoken security evangelist, Stephen is also a frequent guest on television and radio, and speaker at industry groups and conferences to discuss the strange and bizarre side of information security. Passionate about the outdoors, Stephen can be found on the trails and in the mountains looking for his next adventure.

Stephen holds some of the industry’s most sought-after certifications including: CISSP, CISA, CISM, OSCP, and PCI QSA, as well as a Master of Science in Computer Science from Eastern Washington University, where he also served as an Adjunct Lecturer of Information Security.

Prior to joining TorchLight in 2022, Emily oversaw operations and managed the leadership team at a rapidly growing coworking franchise for 13 years. Her passion for people and process, and her experience leading an EOS-run company, has led her to become an EOS Integrator. In this role, she guides and supports the leadership team and ensures that the entire organization is in alignment and rowing the same direction with the resources and processes they need to move the company forward in a scalable and supportable way. 

When she’s not pushing for constant incremental improvement and communicating organizational clarity at TorchLight, she can be found hiking in the mountains of Colorado where she lives with her husband and 12-year-old, Akita.