Summary
J Goerlich is a cybersecurity leader with 13 years of experience designing and operationalizing pragmatic security programs across public and private sectors, currently serving as Faculty at IANS and CISO for Oakland County, Michigan. He has driven industry adoption of Zero Trust and SecDevOps, and advised on cloud security and identity initiatives as Advisory CISO at Cisco. Known for making enterprise-grade security deployable and manageable, he blends strategic leadership with hands-on technical work across IAM, GRC, SecOps, and Red Teaming. A recognized speaker and mentor, he balances policy and practice while coaching teams to adopt sustainable security models. Currently he’s focused on defining security frameworks for large language models, applying decades of cloud and identity experience to emerging AI risk. Based in Michigan, he pairs award-winning operational achievements with a tinkerer’s curiosity rooted in a BS in Computer Science.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at University of Advancing Technology