Summary
Michael Barajas is a business analyst and data scientist with eight years of experience transforming complex environmental and operational datasets into actionable tools for non-technical users. A former marine biologist turned data manager for the fishing industry, he holds an MS in Environmental Science and a background in designing statistically sound sampling programs and large-scale freshwater inflow monitoring. At Booz Allen he built ETL pipelines, real-time network-capture visualizations, and cyber training backends—work that blends data engineering, cybersecurity, and practical visualization for operators. He now applies that hybrid of domain science and applied analytics at Diné Source, focusing on pipelining, dashboards, and penetration-testing tooling that helps bridge data and decision-making. Notably, he has experience enriching network scan data to enable on-the-fly offensive testing and retraining large language models to augment threat-detection datasets.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography, Bachelor of Science (BS), Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography at The University of Texas at Austin
Master of Science (MS), Environmental Science, Master of Science (MS), Environmental Science at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Data Analytics and Visualization Program, Data Analytics and Visualization Program at The University of Texas at Austin – Center for Professional Education (CPE)