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 firms and startups in healthcare data management
and network security.

As a Core Organizer for the annual DevOpsDays Boston conference since
2017, Michael also co-founded “Boston DevOps Network, Inc,” a non-profit
aimed at promoting DevOps learning and community-building in the Greater
Boston area. Since 2015, he 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. Today, he
continues to consult on Cloud infrastructure and security projects and with
ONUG CTO Mark Tierney recently launched a new podcast series: “The
Wages of Cybercrime.”