J. Michael Edison
Chief Executive Officer

Since co-founding Fortrex Technologies, Mr. Edison has been a key figure in vendor risk management to the financial services community. He is a frequent speaker at financial institution seminars and conferences and has published whitepapers on the subject of vendor risk management. He designed and prototyped VendorPoint, Fortrex’s vendor risk management solution. He obtained patent 7392203 Vendor Security Management System which is the methodology upon which VendorPoint is designed.

Prior to forming Fortrex Technologies, Mr. Edison held several positions during his tenure with Pioneer Technologies. He was the Corporate Director of Value Added services. In this position he held responsibility for Pioneer’s entire systems integration and component kitting operations. These operations combined represented over $50 Million in revenue.

Prior to joining Pioneer, Mr. Edison held the position of Sr. Scientific Programmer for Walt Disney World’s EPCOT Center. He maintained responsibility for design, project management, implementation, and maintenance of several systems within the EPCOT complex