Amy Ford

COO | Amy is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Steel Patriot Partners, where she drives governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) services for the company and its clients. She leads the design and implementation of compliance programs that meet frameworks, including FedRAMP, CMMC, NIST, GovRAMP, SOC2, ISO 27001, and more, ensuring that control requirements are translated into practical policies, procedures, and operational practices. Amy combines operational leadership with deep domain expertise in Federal compliance. She uses her human resources, customer support, and IT operations background to anticipate the organizational, cultural, and process changes needed to embed Federal compliance and sustain it over time for FedRAMP, CMMC, GovRAMP, and other frameworks. Amy does more than set strategy in her role as she ensures systems are audit-ready and resilient. Under her leadership, Steel Patriot Partners has guided clients through readiness assessments, formal audits, control implementation, evidence management, continuous monitoring, and third-party risk programs. She drives efficiency through process and tools like Federal ZenGRC to centralize governance artifacts, facilitate communication with auditors, and reduce the administrative burden of compliance.