Summary
Michael Bordash is a veteran technology executive with 14 years of leadership in R&D, currently serving as SVP of Research & Development at Syniverse where he oversees mobile carrier, messaging, and CPaaS engineering, architecture, and data science. Previously a CTO for startups and product-led teams at RealNetworks' KONTXT and Xtify (acquired by IBM), he blends hands-on software engineering with strategic product and operations leadership across cloud-native and containerized platforms. His work spans AI-driven fraud and spam detection, having built notable projects like Fraud Monitor for iOS and the long-running InternetDJ, and he has driven billions-of-message scale analytics and intent classification systems. At IBM he was a Distinguished Engineer responsible for Watson Customer Engagement platforms and filed multiple patents as a Second Plateau inventor. He contributes to cybersecurity education as an advisory board member at Fairfield University, bringing practical AI/ML fraud-detection insights into academia. Known for pairing classical liberal arts training with deep technical breadth, he favors pragmatic, data-driven solutions to complex messaging and security problems.
14 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Classics, BA, Classics at New York University
Executive Leadership, Executive Leadership at Center for Creative Leadership
Latin, English