# Bob Morrell

> Bob Morrell is the co-founder and founding CEO of Riskonnect, established in 2007. After the 2017 Thoma Bravo acquisition announcement, he transitioned toward board advisory work, later led FortifyData, and became involved in technology investing and mentoring. He is identified as managing partner of Funding Force, an executive advisor to Findevor and chair of MTB Kauai, and his public LinkedIn profile lists Anahola, Hawaii.

- **Role:** Managing Partner at Funding Force; Chair at MTB Kauai; Executive Advisor at Findevor
- **Organizations:** Riskonnect, Inc., Risk Laboratories, FortifyData, Funding Force, Findevor, Parmonic, Citiri, W9Manager, MTB Kauai, ATDC at Georgia Tech, MUST Ministries
- **Education:** BS, Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Riskonnect and led it through the period preceding the 2017 Thoma Bravo acquisition agreement., Riskonnect had more than 250 enterprise customers when the 2017 acquisition agreement was announced., His 2019 FortifyData appointment announcement credits him with twice winning the Risk & Insurance Magazine Innovators Award.

## Career timeline

- **Age 15** — Began programming professionally; traveled to work on the school bus.
- **During college** — Co-founded Risk Laboratories while a sophomore at Georgia Tech.
- **2007** — Co-founded Riskonnect and became its founding CEO.
- **2008** — Riskonnect introduced its web-based RMIS product.
- **2017** — Thoma Bravo announced its Riskonnect acquisition agreement; Morrell was to move to a board advisory role and Jim Foster to CEO.
- **2018-2019** — Volunteered as an employment counselor at MUST Ministries.
- **2019** — Appointed president and CEO of FortifyData on September 10.
- **2025** — Named chair in MTB Kauai’s October nonprofit launch announcement.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Riskonnect and led it through the period preceding the 2017 Thoma Bravo acquisition agreement.
- Riskonnect had more than 250 enterprise customers when the 2017 acquisition agreement was announced.
- His 2019 FortifyData appointment announcement credits him with twice winning the Risk & Insurance Magazine Innovators Award.
- Became an investor and advisor to other technology businesses, including Parmonic and Citiri.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — MTB Kauai publicly launched as a nonprofit association and named Morrell as its chair.
- **2025-12** — Funding Force identified Morrell as a managing partner in its December 31 investment announcement.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobmorrell

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