Tammi Johnson

Director

Corporate Investigations, Business Conduct, Financial Fraud

CFE, CCEP

Career Highlights

Led Operations Program Managers to deploy global payout systems and fraud-detecting analytics for $9B in annual partner incentives.
Designed anomaly detection and advanced data analytics to detect and remediate fraudulent activity in over 35 incentive and marketing programs.
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional (CCEP)

Tammi Johnson, CFE, CCEP, is a Director with SunHawk Consulting, LLC. She is a strategic and principled investigator with deep expertise in business conduct, ethics investigations, and financial fraud. She is known for her exceptional consultative style and ability to build trusted relationships with business leaders, resulting in investigations and remediation efforts that are both practical and high impact. Colleagues and clients alike recognize her unwavering integrity, sound judgment, and professional discretion in navigating sensitive matters and complex regulatory challenges.

Over more than two decades as a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional, Tammi has led cross-functional initiatives and proactive incident management efforts across more than 30 countries. Her experience spans procurement, sales deals, conflicts of interest, and travel and expense issues, as well as leading large, complex vendor transitions for payment platforms that reduce operational risk and cost including one initiative that lowered risk and expenses by $2 million. She has also designed and implemented analytics and AI-driven programs to support KPIs, risk scoring, regulatory compliance, and fraud detection, including an anomaly detection project that monitored $9 billion in partner incentive payouts.

Tammi’s investigations have resulted in meaningful policy changes, remediation work, and significant annual recoveries for global organizations. She was the recipient of a CFO Individual Award for her work on a case that achieved $5 million in financial recovery. A high-EQ leader and frequently requested speaker on ethics, operations, and fraud topics, she brings a blend of technical acumen, investigative rigor, and practical business insight to every engagement.

As a Lead for Integrity Issues Management within Governance Risk and Compliance at Meta Platforms, Tammi was responsible for ensuring resolution of product gaps which resulted in safety and other customer harm across Meta’s products including Facebook, What’s App, Instagram, and Devices. Tammi led a GRC team which handled intake/triage and management for both known and emerging product risks, providing key visibility to company leadership. She ensured that teams were completing timely remediation of issues for global transparency and for regulatory reviews. Integrity risks include selling of drugs, firearms, human exploitation, child safety, scams/frauds, gambling, terrorist financing and others. Tammi collaborated across teams to prioritize issues with key stakeholders, including Product leadership, Legal, and EU Regulatory Offices improving cross-functional collaboration to manage the highest risks quickly to reduce harm and risk.

As the former Director of Business Conduct Investigations at Microsoft, Tammi was responsible for conducting ethical misconduct investigations involving employees, vendors, suppliers, and customers more than 160,000 employees across 80 countries. Tammi led the Americas investigation team with investigators covering cases in North America and Latin America. In addition, Tammi performed investigations as an individual investigator in over 30 countries where she was known for resolving very complex matters involving many subjects and a wide range of concerns. Tammi worked as a trusted advisor collaborating with outside counsel, employment attorneys and compliance attorneys to help guide case strategy for complex financial fraud investigations. Through collaboration with Finance, HR, Legal and operational subject matter experts she was able to effectively resolve case allegations which included vendor pay & contracting issues, employee self-dealing, HR concerns such as inappropriate relationships, employee hiring, retaliatory termination misconduct, sales schemes, relocation and employee benefit misuse, misuse of marketing or sales incentives, misuse of internal funds, conflicts of interest, travel and expense fraud, embezzlement, and corruption/bribery.

Testimonials

"SunHawk demonstrated a commendable commitment to precision and compliance throughout our engagement. Their expertise in navigating complex healthcare regulations was evident, providing us with a thorough and insightful audit. We required assistance with a complex billing audit that required statistical analysis. As a smaller healthcare system, SunHawk provided us a level of audit expertise that we are not able to staff in-house. The team’s responsiveness and industry knowledge make them a valuable partner for healthcare organizations seeking rigorous and reliable auditing services."

Sara Coverstone

Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer

Northern Arizona Healthcare

"SunHawk was an outstanding partner in the provision of interim leadership in compliance and internal audit for our organization. They provided seamless coverage and advancement of our compliance and internal audit functions. As CEO, I had no concerns or worries during our engagement. They were true partners for us!"

Alfred E. Pilong

President and CEO

Garnet Health

"James and the SunHawk team have been an invaluable resource for our Compliance Office - they are a reliable, well experienced, trusted and knowledgeable team of professionals who at a moment’s notice will take your calls or respond to your emails.

Their advice helped us navigate the ever evolving, highly regulated healthcare industry! Whether it’s discussing report methodology or determining appropriate repayment, SunHawk provides the reassurance and confidence that you are doing the right thing!

We are honored to have partnered with SunHawk and will continue to do so in the future!"

Natasha Cogdill

Vice President/Chief Ethics, Compliance and Privacy Officer

Community Health System

"SunHawk’s professionals are leaders in the compliance and risk industries. Over the years I have worked with a number of their professionals on a series of projects/issues and learned SunHawk’s professionals are problem/solution-oriented and great coalition builders.

SunHawk Professionals get the job done and are a pleasure to work with. Commitment, Experience, Professionalism, and Integrity; that's what SunHawk Professionals brings to the table."

Gerry Roy

Vice President/Chief Ethics, Compliance and Privacy Officer

Phoenix Children's Hospital

"Jim Rough is among the most conscientious professionals I have encountered. When he says he is going to do something -- he does it. Jim has a broad range of experience gained over decades in leading organizations.

Now as the founder of his own firm, Jim will be enabled to provide the same high-quality service to his clients in a setting that allows greater customization to his clients' financial circumstances."

Frank M. Placenti

Chair, US Corporate Governance & Securities Regulation

Practice, Squire Patton Boggs

"SunHawk Consulting's HIPAA Check Program provided us with an invaluable third-party review of our HIPAA policies and practices. The tracking tool SunHawk includes with the Program has become an integral part of our continued monitoring for HIPAA compliance.

Jan Elezian's extensive hands-on compliance experience was evident during site visits and staff interviews as she translated difficult subject matter into practical use scenarios and provided quality feedback. Thank you SunHawk team!"

Nancy Lipman

Vice President, Compliance

Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.

"SunHawk provides an array of dynamic professionals, each with significant subject matter expertise and a problem-solver approach. Beyond their knowledge and conscientious work ethic, however, is a team of caring individuals who strive to furnish individualized, tailored assistance with a personal touch.

Jim Rough's dedication to the success of SunHawk clients is evidenced by his strategic and prospective thinking complemented by his ability to truly anticipate the needs of a company in the midst of the complicated compliance climate. I highly recommend SunHawk for companies of any size seeking actionable solutions and measurable results."

Michelle Missal

Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Paragon 28, Inc.

“Sunhawk Consulting has proven to be a trusted partner with the ability to deliver results. We have consistently been impressed with their expertise, professionalism, and commitment to customer service. Sunhawk Consulting has supported our enterprise-wide risk assessment, risk management activities, and the configuration of our Governance, Risk and Compliance software tool.

Sunhawk Consulting’s leadership and consultative services have helped us to successfully navigate through the complexities of SOC, HIPAA, NIST and FedRAMP audits this year. The knowledgeable team of Sunhawk professionals has been and continues to be an invaluable resource for us, ensuring we are positioned for success in all our audits and assessment activities.”

Zachary Fain

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Signature Performance

“The team at SunHawk Consulting helped our private equity backed company establish consistent auditing processes for our patient charts and shared easily digestible data that we could take back to our clinical teams to help drive improvements and consistency around their clinical documentation. We highly recommend utilizing SunHawk Consulting to help your company ensure compliance is top of mind for your clinical teams. ”

Lauren Gerdin, DDS

Chief Dental Officer

Cherry Tree Dental

“SunHawk’s healthcare compliance, privacy, and security consulting team embodies the principles of integrity, responsibility, quality, and collaboration in both interaction and product. Their in-house buffet of expertise allows for uninterrupted service, no matter the subject. I am pleased to recommend SunHawk Consulting to any organization seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable consultant. ”

Rosali Delgado-Steffen

Compliance Manager/ Privacy Officer

Northern Valley Indian Health

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