Michael L
Chief Information Security Officer
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael L is a seasoned information security and infrastructure leader with 11+ years of experience architecting and securing large-scale Linux and cloud environments. Currently CISO at Palantir, he rose through roles building world-class systems, network, and infrastructure security teams and designing multi-regional AWS architectures with mesh VPNs, BGP, and FreeIPA-based identity. His hands-on background spans SRE, network engineering, HPC storage and cluster builds, and full data center migrations, pairing deep technical expertise with strategic risk management. Michael holds advanced degrees in computer science and an MBA, a combination that informs pragmatic, business-aligned security decisions. He’s contributed to open-source tooling around monitoring and configuration management and is comfortable rebuilding critical build and deployment pipelines under tight deadlines. Known for turning complex, heterogeneous environments into auditable, resilient platforms, he thrives on operationalizing security at scale.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Finance and Economics, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Finance and Economics at New York UniversityMaster of Science - MS Computer Science, Master of Science - MS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at Seton Hall University
Github Skills (141)
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
palantir/security-bulletins
Jun 2022 - Feb 2023
Vulnerability and security bulletins related to Palantir software products.
Contributions:2 reviews, 20 commits, 34 PRs in 7 months
securityvulnerabilityocto-correct-managedpalantir
mlosapio/homelab_puppet
Mar 2019 - Aug 2023
Contributions:306 pushes, 1 tag in 4 years 5 months
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