Squirrel Compliancy Solutions supports the following compliance/risk management frameworks:
About Squirrel
Squirrel Compliancy Solution's network vulnerability assessment and management help enterprises understand their risk exposure then allows them to automate the remediation of those vulnerabilities.
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Our solution provides customers with actionable information and situational awareness of their current security posture through continuous monitoring.
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Squirrel is a Federal SBA Certified Small Business based in Raleigh, North Carolina.
We are a corporate partner to the following organizations:
Our Values
Trusted Partner
We will conduct ourselves with the honesty and integrity expected by our employees, clients, and stakeholders.
Teamwork & Collaboration
We will execute our vision as a team, celebrating our successes and learning from our mistakes as one.
Meaningful Impact
Our solutions will provide tangible results for the security problems facing the industry.
CAGE Code
80EX3
NAICS
519190 | 541310 | 541330 | 541511 | 541512 | 541513 | 541519 | 541690 | 611420 | 511210 | 513210
DUNS
080982289
Meet Squirrel's Leadership Team
Gilbert Bollinger | Founder & CEO
Gilbert is a passionate leader devoted to delivering elegant solutions that simplify the problem of efficiently securing IT networks. Over the last 22 years, Gilbert has held a variety of positions at large private and public sector organizations. By collaborating with individuals throughout the industry, Gilbert has refined his perspective of the vulnerabilities and needs of the industry, and how technology could solve many of these problems. As the founder of Squirrel Compliancy Solutions (SCS), he’s using his extensive knowledge, skills, and pragmatic approach to tackle the cyber defense issues affecting IT environments in every industry.
Himanshu Shukla | Senior Advisor
Himanshu P. Shukla is serial entrepreneur, he has helped firms go public on the NYSE, make tender offers on the BSE and gained VC funding in the US, Gulf and India. Himanshu was founder and served as Co-MD of a $128.8 Million real estate PE fund, is a patent holder and was a co-founder of an e-commerce company - InterRide (think Uber for limos 10 years before Uber) which survived the dot-com crash. Himanshu has been active in the IT sector advising an Indian IT services company on a successful strategy to take it public in the US after managing multiple acquisitions prior to listing. Recently, he has worked with a digital storage company which has signed partnerships with global 1,000 companies and is providing high performance storage at sensitive pilots at Walmart-Mexico, US Army and the NFL-Las Vegas Raiders Stadium. In his private capacity, Himanshu has been an active citizen. He played a central role in the passing of the NJ Hate Crimes Bill and served as Chairman of the Hudson County, NJ Planning Board for 5 years during which time Master Plan for the redevelopment of the waterfront across from Manhattan Island was formulated. Himanshu is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering.​
The Honorable George J. Hochbrueckner | Government Relations
Former United States Congressman Hochbrueckner, founded and heads a Government Lobbying Firm, George J. Hochbrueckner & Associates (GJHA), Inc. He represented eastern long island, NY both in Albany as a State Representative and then in the United States Congress. Hochbrueckner currently also serves as "of Counsel" to Nossaman LLC, a California based Law Firm which merged with O'Connor & Hannan, a respected Washington DC law firm. An engineer by training he worked prior to entering public service on the development of an electronics system for the F-14 fighter. As one of a small number of engineers who has served in the US Congress with a defense R&D background he was assigned to the Armed Services Committee where he was chairperson of the Research and Development sub-committee. Hochbrueckner has special expertise in Defense and Energy technologies and has post his congressional career represented a variety of companies, including Northrop Grumman, Telephonics, Luminati Aerospace, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Globecomm, FuelCell Energy, HelioSage Energy, Electronics Transaction Systems among many others.
Fran Trentley | Advisor
Fran Trentley leads Akamai’s Global Security & Government Services. He is responsible for the integration, operations and customer success for Akamai “In the Cloud” (ITC) Security Services, for which he leads and supports a team of security specialists worldwide who are responsible for the identification, defense and response to application-layer, DNS and network-based attacks against Akamai customer assets. His team also supports hundreds of government customers with Internet- and Intranet-based services. Fran is an Akamai’s Danny Lewin award recipient demonstrating his embodiment of the spirit of the company’s founder. A distinguished combat veteran with over 20 years of military experience, including assignments integrating intelligence support systems at the Defense Intelligence Agency and C4ISR systems for the U.S. Army. Fran served as the White House Communications Agency Chief Information Officer where he supported converged VIP communications and was responsible for the most comprehensive technology modernization effort in the Agency’s history, earning him induction into the Hall of Fame. Fran has both a Bachelor and Master of Science in Computer Science.
John T. Palmer | Advisor
John T. Palmer is a native of Lexington, Kentucky and a graduate of The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina (B.S. Business Administration), the Naval Postgraduate School (M.S. Systems Management), and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business (Senior Executive Program). He is owner of JT Palmer Enterprises, LLC—a South Carolina corporation where he serves as an independent
consultant, advisory board member, and author of the Revolutionary War biography George Washington’s One-Man Army: The Life, Legend, and Battles of Peter Francisco (Globe Pequot / Stackpole Books – 2026). His first offering was a hybrid memoir and lessons book titled From Bluegrass to Blue Water -
Lessons in Farm Philosophy and Navy Leadership (Fidelis Publishing – 2022). Mr. Palmer is a frequent guest lecturer at various colleges and universities including his most recent appearance at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business (NYC) - Executive MBA program (EMBA). He performs as a public speaker to an array of civic groups throughout the southeast and commentator for various media including Fox News as a subject ma]er expert. Mr. Palmer also participates in managing two family farms in Kentucky.
From 2020-2023, Mr. Palmer was the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of Sheltron, Inc. located in Pontiac, Michigan. The Palmers served over 32 years as a Navy family with the author reriring at the rank of rear admiral. Admiral Palmer served on board four ships for nearly nine years. He was entrusted with command on three occasions culminating with his final tour as Commander, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land & Maritime—a $6 billion per year procurement activity suppor&ng Army/Marine Corps wheeled & tracked vehicles and Navy surface vessels & submarines. During his naval career, Admiral Palmer earned several warfare and professional qualifications and is entitled to wear various personal, unit, and service awards including the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Combat Action Ribbon. He is married to the former Elizabeth Brooks Mahaffey (Brooks) of Spartanburg, South Carolina. They make their home in Spartanburg where Brooks works as a registered nurse.