Joseph Adu named Chief Information Security Officer at CentralReach

CentralReach, a provider of autism and IDD care software, named Joseph Adu as its Chief Information Security Officer. Adu joined through the company's acquisition of SpectrumAi, where he had served as Chief Technology Officer, and previously served as CISO at PathAI. The appointment was announced on December 2, 2025.

As CISO, Adu will oversee security and information technology across the organization for data protection, privacy and regulatory alignment, according to the release. The release says his duties include guiding resource allocation and IT and security investment decisions, and maintaining and enhancing compliance programs such as SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA. He will also provide governance over the responsible use of machine learning and artificial intelligence in the company's products and internal analytics, the release says.

The release says Adu has led cybersecurity and technology functions for over fifteen years at technology, education and healthcare companies. At PathAI, the release says, Adu set up and ran an Information Security Management System certified to ISO 27001 and helped the company reach FDA and enterprise compliance milestones. At SpectrumAi, the release says, Adu worked on developing a scalable and secure SaaS platform and laid groundwork for machine learning solutions to improve behavioral health clinical data collection and analytics.

According to the release, CentralReach offers its autism and IDD care software for special education, multidisciplinary care and ABA.

According to the release, CentralReach added Adu shortly after naming Peter Boumenot to the post of Chief Product Officer.