Bio

For the past 10 years, Mike has focused his career on helping people leverage technology to improve their lives. Mike started his IT career serving as an engineer in an MSP’s 24/7/365 NOC in downtown Chicago. His ability to dual-wield technical jargon and everyday language enabled him to help Information Systems Directors across the country provide the best in uptime, reliability, and security to their end users. After joining the Marine Corps Reserves in 2018 and training as a Cyber Network Administrator, he felt a calling to leverage technology to defend and protect both in the public and private sector. Since April of 2019, he has found his home at BLOKWORX currently serving as Cybersecurity Operations Manager. In this role, he guides and trains the BLOKWORX SOC team. This group supports MSPs as a US-based outsourced SOC 24/7. Using his experience in the private sector, Mike continues to serve in a cyber defense capacity for the US Marine Reserves, recently participating in a multi-departmental red-Team/blue-Team exercise to ensure national cyber defense readiness. Mike completed his Master of Science in Cybersecurity in Spring 2022. When not at work, he enjoys spending time with his growing family exploring the Chicagoland area on kayak, foot, and bike.