Michael Salinger is a seasoned engineering and security leader with 12 years of focused experience building scalable, cloud-native and distributed systems and a longer engineering career dating back to early 2000s. As CISO and SVP of Platform Engineering at TrustCloud, he blends product-driven platform leadership with hands-on security stewardship, driving DevSecOps, Zero Trust and RBAC/identity solutions across cloud environments. His background spans senior platform roles at Kinvey/Progress and long-tenured technical leadership at BLI Messaging, giving him a track record of shipping reliable CI/CD and distributed services at scale. Michael pairs technical depth with an operator’s mindset—translating compliance and security requirements into developer-friendly platform features that accelerate delivery. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Fordham and a BS from Providence College, and is based in Boston.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Sc, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Sc at Providence College
Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.S.) Computer Science at Fordham University
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Simple stats module that allows for capture of stats to multiple providers/backends
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Michael Salinger - CISO And SVP Of Platform Engineering