Michael is a veteran technologist with over 30 years’ experience in large enterprise computing. He began his career as a network and server engineer at Bausch & Lomb in the early days of distributed computing, before moving on to Fidelity Investments and progressively larger systems management roles. He finished up his time at Fidelity in Enterprise Architecture, where he focused on various platform infrastructure initiatives, including leading the effort to develop a unified compute platform strategy for the firm. Michael has spent the last decade engaged in an array of global professional services activities, working with private-equity acquisitions and startups in healthcare and network security. In 2017, he became a Core Organizer for DevOpsDays Boston and co-founded “Boston DevOps Network, Inc,” a non-profit aimed at promoting DevOps learning and community-building in the Greater Boston area. Since 2015, Michael has worked with what is now the ONUG Cloud Native Security Working Group, where he is currently co-Chair with Forrest Bennett of FedEx. In 2019, Michael worked with Nick Lippis to launch ONUG’s first set of conference tracks focused on DevOps practices. Since 2021, he has worked with the healthcare data sciences startup, BData, Inc., (https://bdatainc.com ) as a cloud resiliency engineer.