Summary
Frank M is a seasoned cybersecurity operations leader with 13+ years of experience securing complex enterprises across financial services, software, and semiconductor manufacturing. Currently Director of CSIRT for Asia at Manulife, he leads cross-border incident response, mentors CSIRT engineers, and serves as the primary SOC escalation point during North American off-hours. His background blends deep hands-on engineering—from IDS/IPS and SIEM design at Oracle and AMD to embedded and industrial control system expertise—with strategic risk management and SOX-focused audit experience. Notably comfortable in heterogeneous environments, he has engineered custom hardware visibility solutions and secure remote access for global manufacturing fabs. Based in Chiyoda, Japan, Frank pairs practical build-and-operate skills with executive reporting finesse, turning technical findings into actionable enterprise risk reductions.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Technician, Industrial Control Systems, Technician, Industrial Control Systems at EAW Electronic Dresden
SANS Technology Institute
Unix Network and System Manager, Computer Science, Unix Network and System Manager, Computer Science at B.I.B. Dresden
German, English, Japanese