Avatara Strengthens Compliance Bench as Regulatory Complexity Grows, Adding Cybersecurity Veteran Matt Pushkin as Vice President, Compliance and Government Solutions

St. Louis, MO — Feb. 12, 2026 — Avatara, which provides companies with compliant information technology (IT) infrastructure as a service via the Avatara Platform, has brought cybersecurity expert Matt Pushkin on board as vice president of compliance and government solutions. Reinforcing Avatara’s commitment to compliance leadership within government sectors and supply chains, Pushkin has deep experience in Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and FedRAMP readiness for federal agencies, defense contractors, and regulated enterprises. 

“Avatara is dedicated to simplifying the cost, complexity and compliance of IT, and Matt’s depth of experience in CMMC, FedRAMP, and federal cybersecurity operations will be invaluable as we support our customers through the certification process,” said Rob McCormick, founder and CEO of Avatara. “As we protect and enable organizations in regulated industries, Matt’s ability to operationalize compliance and deliver measurable security improvements aligns perfectly with our focus.”

Pushkin brings to Avatara more than 20 years of experience building and scaling security operations and compliance programs across the Defense Industrial Base and federal sectors. A former U.S. Naval Intelligence Officer and CISSP, he is recognized for translating complex regulatory mandates into practical, audit-ready security operations aligned with NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, CMMC, and FedRAMP frameworks.

Prior to joining Avatara, Pushkin served as Director of Managed Security Services at Trustwave, where he led government-focused cybersecurity services and spearheaded the FedRAMP Moderate and StateRAMP certification of the Trustwave Fusion MDR platform. He also supported CMMC Level 2 compliance initiatives, authored System Security Plans (SSPs), and managed detection and response operations to continuous monitoring and audit requirements.

About Avatara

Based in St. Louis, for over 20 years Avatara serves corporate customers throughout the United States with the Avatara Platform. It solves the increasing problems of cost, complexity, and compliance – the Three Cs in IT. Avatara brings to market a paradigm changing approach based on a simplified and standardized architecture and a per user per month subscription model requiring no upfront capital. Avatara Platform provides comprehensive, all-inclusive IT infrastructure as a service unburdening companies of the complexity and cost of IT procurement, performance, security, staffing, scaling, and modernization. Avatara customers are in the legal, banking, defense contracting, healthcare, architecture, engineering, construction, and manufacturing sectors, as well as other industries. Visit avataraplatform.com to learn more.

Contacts

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Allison Worldwide for Avatara
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