Who We Are

0 years building one kind of firm.

ImageQuest has spent its entire history serving institutions that are examined, audited, and held to a standard. That focus is the point. It is why a community bank can hand us its risk program and trust that we already understand the room.

Who we are

A specialist firm, not a generalist that also serves banks.

We founded ImageQuest in 2007 and made a deliberate choice early: go deep in regulated industries rather than wide across every business with a network closet. That choice shaped how we hire, what we certify, and how we document our work.

Today the firm runs three integrated functions: cybersecurity and risk advisory, managed IT, and AI governance. The same people who secure your environment can sit across from your examiner and account for it.

Leadership

The people you will actually deal with.

An accountable senior team, organized the way the firm actually runs.

Milton Bartley
Founder · Public voice of the firm

Milton Bartley

Co-Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer

Milton founded ImageQuest in 2007 and built it around regulated financial institutions. He is a regular presence in front of bank boards, banking associations, and legal and technology audiences, where he speaks on cybersecurity and the governance of emerging technology.

His current focus is the question every board is now asking: how does a community bank adopt AI without inheriting risk it cannot defend? He helped shape industry guidance on exactly that.

ICBA AI Task ForcePresident, InfraGard Middle TennesseeBanking & legal conference speaker
Executive Leadership Team

With Milton, Matthew and Sammi Jo lead the firm.

Matthew Turner

Chief Operating Officer

Owns delivery across the firm. Managed IT, infrastructure operations, the service desk, field services, and project execution all run through him. He is accountable for keeping regulated environments stable, secure, and audit-ready as they scale.

Sammi Jo Scott

VP, Advisory Services

Sets the vision and direction for the risk and AI advisory practice and leads its growth. A regular voice on what examiners are asking community banks today, including the KBA Risk Roundtable on AI risk management.

Technology Leadership & Business Development

The leaders responsible for technology, advisory delivery, growth, and client relationships.

Brad Lyttle

Chief Technology Officer

Over client architecture and the firm's internal technology stack. Sets the standards that keep client environments coherent, current, and defensible.

Jay Mallory

EVP, Sales & Marketing

Shapes how ImageQuest goes to market and brings new institutions to the firm.

Jennifer Donahue

Sr. Strategic Account Executive

Builds and deepens strategic client relationships for the long term.

Marissa Bearor

Director, Advisory Services

The operational leader of the advisory practice. Runs risk assessment work and the documentation discipline that turns a security program into something an examiner can review with confidence.

Cindy Fletcher

Senior Manager of Client Experience

Leads the internal Relationship Managers and works with institutions early, matching what they need to the right ImageQuest engagement.

Dennis Peeke

Senior Manager, Security & Infrastructure Operations

Leads the day-to-day security and infrastructure operations that keep client environments protected, stable, and ready for review.

Talk to the people who will run your program.

A direct conversation with the senior team that leads the work, supported by dedicated Relationship Managers who keep priorities moving.

Common questions

Straight answers about the firm.

ImageQuest was founded in 2007. 0 years of history have all been spent serving institutions that are examined, audited, and held to a standard.

Three integrated functions: cybersecurity and risk advisory, managed IT, and AI governance. The same people who secure your environment can account for it in front of your examiner.

Milton Bartley, Co-Founder, President & CEO, leads the firm alongside Matthew Turner, Chief Operating Officer, and Sammi Jo Scott, VP of Advisory Services.

Marissa Bearor directs Advisory Services and Brad Lyttle serves as CTO over client architecture and the firm's technology stack.

Jay Mallory, EVP of Sales & Marketing, and Jennifer Donahue, Sr. Strategic Account Executive, run business development together as co-equal partners.