Alumni Stories
A decade of practitioners. Where are they now?
Bruce has been training GRC practitioners since 2014. We’re documenting what those students went on to do, for the case it makes to current students, future employers, and the federal workforce-development programs that fund this work.
The work behind the program
Predating HFI by a decade.
Bruce Fort has been training GRC practitioners since 2014, predating Harvest & Fort Industries’ 2024 founding by a decade. He’s worked with people across federal agencies, defense primes, and emerging GRC professionals transitioning from IT operations, military service, audit, security operations, and adjacent fields.
The HFI GRC Practitioner Program is the structured version of work he’s been doing as an embedded mentor for years. The throughline has always been the same: helping people move from where they are into stable, defensible GRC careers. If you were one of his students at any point in those years, your story is part of this program’s track record. We want to capture it.
Why we’re asking
Your story matters in four directions.
For current and future students
Seeing what alumni went on to do is the most credible proof a program works. Your story helps prospective practitioners decide whether this path is for them.
For employer sponsors
Organizations sponsoring cohort seats want to know what the ROI looks like. Outcome data, attributable to real people, makes that case.
For federal grant funders
NIST RAMPS, FSC First, and Maryland WIOA programs reward workforce-development outcomes with documentation. Your story strengthens the case for the funding that keeps this work accessible.
For HFI
It tells a story that’s currently invisible. A decade of practitioners trained, employed, and growing isn’t something we can show today. With your help, it becomes part of the public record.
Tell us your story
About 10 minutes. The detail is the value.
How we use your story
Held privately by default.
Every submission is stored privately by default. The permission field on the form controls whether your story may be shown publicly, and at what attribution level (full attribution, first name only, anonymous, or never-public).
If you opt in to public attribution, we will reach out before publishing anything that identifies you or your employer. If you opt out, your story stays in our internal records and helps inform grant applications, program design, and the case we make for federal workforce-development funding.
Questions, corrections, or wanting to update your response later? Email workforce@harvestandfort.com.
Know an alum we should reach?
Send them this page, or email workforce@harvestandfort.com with their contact information. Every story strengthens the case.