Russell Sommers has more than 17 years of experience in serving insurance companies through an array of projects, including internal audit, Sarbanes-Oxley and NAIC Model Audit Rule, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, internal controls advisory, IT audit, enterprise risk management, vendor risk management, and SOC reporting.

Russ co-leads Baker Tilly’s IT examination practice performing IT examinations of covered insurance companies on behalf of state departments of insurance. Additionally, he leads Baker Tilly’s digital asset practice. Russ has consulted on exchange traded cryptocurrency funds, national securities exchanges, financial services information services companies, digital assets companies, and digital services technology platforms.

Russ earned a BS in accounting from Ramapo College of New Jersey. He is a CPA licensed in New Jersey. Russ is a certified information systems auditor by the ISACA. He is President of the SIFM and is a member of the Board of Directors. He is Chair of the Governance Committee of the Board of Directors.