Summary
Michael Gagnon is a seasoned software developer with 14 years of experience building security-focused, high-impact systems for organizations including MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Twitter, Intuit, and DARPA. He combines deep technical roots in malware analysis and cyber survivability with practical product engineering—having built compilers in Scala, log-analysis tools using MapReduce/Scalding, and security tooling for Android and web apps. Michael has repeatedly bridged research and operations, from briefing military leadership on missile-defense cyber architectures to presenting DARPA-funded proof-of-concept work in the Pentagon courtyard. As an independent consultant he led analytics and security projects for RiskIQ and ReadLee, and today applies that experience at Neat Loans in Washington, DC. He holds an S.M. from Harvard and a magna cum laude B.S. from George Mason University, and is known for turning adversarial research into production-ready defenses.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
S.M., Computer Science, S.M., Computer Science at Harvard University
B.S. Magna Cum Laude, Computer Science, B.S. Magna Cum Laude, Computer Science at George Mason University