Summary
Michael A is a seasoned technology leader and Global CIS senior team member with over a decade of experience designing and operationalizing cloud, datacenter and security services. An early contributor to the Linux kernel and distribution ecosystem, he pairs deep open-source engineering roots with executive roles driving innovation, cyber strategy and digital workspace transformation across EMEA. He has served as CTO, lead architect and staff advisor at major systems integrators, advising COMEX on cyber matters and animating product/service portfolios for hyperscale initiatives. Trained in strategy at HEC and in Data & AI at École Polytechnique, he blends practical systematic analysis with data-driven decision making to tackle complex short- to long-term transformations. A reserve RCD military background gives him heightened geopolitical and defense-aware cyber perspectives that inform pragmatic, resilient solutions. Passionate about IT, security, diplomacy and entrepreneurship, he is equally comfortable lecturing, contributing to kernel projects and steering organizational change.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
HarvardX: R Basics Data science, HarvardX: R Basics Data science at edX
Autodidacte
Diriger avec la Data & l'IA Stratégies et Direction avec la Data et l'IA, Diriger avec la Data & l'IA Stratégies et Direction avec la Data et l'IA at Ecole Polytechnique Executive Education
Stratégie@HEC Paris Executive Certificate Stratégie d'entreprise, Stratégie@HEC Paris Executive Certificate Stratégie d'entreprise at HEC Paris
Standford Online Accomplishment The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism, Standford Online Accomplishment The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism at Stanford Continuing Studies
English, Russian