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About Us

Who we are

F6 Solutions Group is a mission-driven joint venture providing U.S. and European innovators a disciplined pathway into U.S. Federal and public health systems.

Our team brings deep experience across military medicine, regulatory law, cybersecurity, Federal health leadership, medical technology and pharmaceutical commercialization. We help organizations navigate access, security, clinical validation, reimbursement, and operational integration.

Why F6 exists

Federal access and contracts offer significant opportunity, but they also come with complex rules, shifting priorities, and administrative burden.

Many organizations struggle not because they lack capability, but because federal systems aren’t intuitive and the process is constantly evolving.

F6 exists to remove that friction. We partner with clients to make federal access achievable, sustainable, and strategically aligned with their mission

Who we serve

F6 works with organizations of all sizes, from emerging entities seeking their first federal engagements to established contractors needing enhanced operational support.

Our goal is to level the playing field so clients can compete effectively and execute successfully.

Our approach

We don't just advise, we partner. That means:

Strategic thinking rooted in clarity and precision

Practical execution that anticipates challenges

Responsive support that keeps your organization moving forward

Every engagement begins with understanding where you are, where you want to go, and how federal opportunities fit into that path.

Leadership team

Major General Elder Granger, M.D. is a nationally recognized leader in military medicine, regulation, and health technology commercialization. A former senior medical executive within the U.S. military and academic medicine, he has decades of experience advancing medical innovation into Federal and commercial health systems. Dr. Granger is the CEO and President of The 5Ps, LLC, based in Centennial, Colorado, and provides strategic leadership across clinical validation, regulatory alignment, and enterprise-scale adoption.

Major General (Ret.) Elder Granger, M.D.

Founder

Major General Elder Granger, M.D. is a nationally recognized leader in military medicine, regulation, and health technology commercialization. A former senior medical executive within the U.S. military and academic medicine, he has decades of experience advancing medical innovation into Federal and commercial health systems. Dr. Granger is the CEO and President of The 5Ps, LLC, based in Centennial, Colorado, and provides strategic leadership across clinical validation, regulatory alignment, and enterprise-scale adoption.

Major General (Ret.) Elder Granger, M.D.

Founder

Adrian Samuel Riega brings 26 years of pharmaceutical and biotech leadership across commercial strategy and Federal medical affairs. He has a proven track record navigating complex, un-mapped, market access, integration, and reimbursement for emerging technologies within both Federal and commercial health systems. Mr. Riega specializes in translating complex science into executable adoption strategies, aligning stakeholders across government, health systems, and industry to accelerate responsible deployment.

Adrian Samuel Riega

Founder

Adrian Samuel Riega brings 26 years of pharmaceutical and biotech leadership across commercial strategy and Federal medical affairs. He has a proven track record navigating complex, un-mapped, market access, integration, and reimbursement for emerging technologies within both Federal and commercial health systems. Mr. Riega specializes in translating complex science into executable adoption strategies, aligning stakeholders across government, health systems, and industry to accelerate responsible deployment.

Adrian Samuel Riega

Founder

Strategic Partners

James Thornton is a licensed Professional Engineer, CISSP, and West Point graduate specializing in the resilience of cyber-physical systems. As the CEO of HealthSec Alliance, he serves as F6’s lead strategic partner for critical infrastructure resilience, bridging the liability gap between facility operations (OT) and cybersecurity (IT). Leveraging an MBA from UT Austin and an MS in Engineering Management, James provides P.E.-stamped kinetic due diligence and defense to ensure digital threats never become physical mission failures across healthcare and federal environments.

James Thornton, P.E., CISSP

Strategic Partner – Cyber-Physical Engineering & AI Safety

James Thornton is a licensed Professional Engineer, CISSP, and West Point graduate specializing in the resilience of cyber-physical systems. As the CEO of HealthSec Alliance, he serves as F6’s lead strategic partner for critical infrastructure resilience, bridging the liability gap between facility operations (OT) and cybersecurity (IT). Leveraging an MBA from UT Austin and an MS in Engineering Management, James provides P.E.-stamped kinetic due diligence and defense to ensure digital threats never become physical mission failures across healthcare and federal environments.

James Thornton, P.E., CISSP

Strategic Partner – Cyber-Physical Engineering & AI Safety

Dr. Matt Roldan is a senior cybersecurity executive with 25+ years leading secure digital transformation across DoD, federal civilian, healthcare, and critical infrastructure sectors. He specializes in CMMC/NIST compliance, Zero Trust Architecture, AI-enabled secure environments, and Digital Twin initiatives for operational optimization and mission resilience, with proven success delivering externally assessed CMMC Level 2 GCC-High environments. A U.S. Air Force combat veteran, he served in Operations Just Cause, Desert Shield/Storm, Provide Relief, and Joint Endeavor.

Dr. Matthias (Matt) Roldan

Strategic Partner – Enterprise Cybersecurity Governance

Dr. Matt Roldan is a senior cybersecurity executive with 25+ years leading secure digital transformation across DoD, federal civilian, healthcare, and critical infrastructure sectors. He specializes in CMMC/NIST compliance, Zero Trust Architecture, AI-enabled secure environments, and Digital Twin initiatives for operational optimization and mission resilience, with proven success delivering externally assessed CMMC Level 2 GCC-High environments. A U.S. Air Force combat veteran, he served in Operations Just Cause, Desert Shield/Storm, Provide Relief, and Joint Endeavor.

Dr. Matthias (Matt) Roldan

Strategic Partner – Enterprise Cybersecurity Governance

Ed Jarbath is a biopharmaceutical executive with over two decades of experience in commercial strategy, medical affairs, and scientific communications. As President and CEO of ScioScientific, he advises leading firms on scientific strategy, communications, and commercialization. With an MBA from Queens University of Charlotte, an MS from Wharton and Penn Engineering, and tenures at Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, Ed translates complex science into market-ready execution, aligning stakeholders to drive responsible adoption.

Ed Jarbath

Strategic Partner

Ed Jarbath is a biopharmaceutical executive with over two decades of experience in commercial strategy, medical affairs, and scientific communications. As President and CEO of ScioScientific, he advises leading firms on scientific strategy, communications, and commercialization. With an MBA from Queens University of Charlotte, an MS from Wharton and Penn Engineering, and tenures at Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, Ed translates complex science into market-ready execution, aligning stakeholders to drive responsible adoption.

Ed Jarbath

Strategic Partner

Chip Block is an award-winning cybersecurity researcher and advanced technology expert recognized with an R&D 100 Award for his work with a national laboratory. His career spans clinical medical device security for the U.S. Army and major hospitals, satellite cybersecurity, and early machine learning methodologies for cyber defense. A frequent speaker and author including papers published alongside the first DoD Chief Data Officer, he serves as F6's strategic partner for cyber risk quantification, AI security, privacy and data traceability.

Chip Block

Strategic Partner

Chip Block is an award-winning cybersecurity researcher and advanced technology expert recognized with an R&D 100 Award for his work with a national laboratory. His career spans clinical medical device security for the U.S. Army and major hospitals, satellite cybersecurity, and early machine learning methodologies for cyber defense. A frequent speaker and author including papers published alongside the first DoD Chief Data Officer, he serves as F6's strategic partner for cyber risk quantification, AI security, privacy and data traceability.

Chip Block

Strategic Partner

A letter from the founders

F6 Solutions Group was formed to address a persistent gap between innovation and impact.
Transformative health solutions often struggle to reach Federal and public health systems—not because they lack merit, but because adoption requires operational fluency, regulatory discipline, and trust.
We built F6 to operate inside that complexity.
Our leadership has served within the systems we support and understands what it takes for new solutions to be evaluated, secured, reimbursed, and adopted at scale. We provide structured pathways that align clinical evidence, security posture, commercialization, and execution with mission requirements.
We are selective by design. We pursue outcomes, not scale.
— The Founders,
F6 Solutions Group