Michael Villar
Director Of Field Security Technology at Akamai Technologies
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Villar is a cybersecurity leader with 15 years of experience designing and operationalizing micro-segmentation, zero-trust, and cyber resiliency programs for major financial institutions and now leading Field Security Technology at Akamai. He has driven enterprise-wide security strategy at Wells Fargo, UBS, and Deutsche Bank, translating regulatory and business requirements into automated, context-aware policies that reduce attack surface and prevent lateral movement. Equally comfortable with hands-on engineering and executive engagement, Michael has led product selections, platform engineering, and cross-functional rollouts in highly regulated environments. He also contributes to open-source front-end projects—adding SVG animation support and performance optimizations to dynamics.js—showing a continued interest in user-facing code and UI motion. Based in New York, he pairs pragmatic technical execution with a collaborative approach, often building strategic partnerships and peer communities to accelerate adoption. A former systems administrator turned architect, he brings both ground-level operational insight and enterprise architecture perspective to complex security programs.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Network Design and Management, Bachelor of Science (BS) Network Design and Management at Western Governors University
Github Skills (21)
timers10
objective-c10
javascript10
ios10
animation10
timer10
user-interface10
ui-design10
graphical-user-interface10
implement10
uid10
svg10
android-app10
front-end-development10
animate10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
michaelvillar/dynamics.js
Jun 2015 - Aug 2016
Javascript library to create physics-based animations
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 80 commits, 7 PRs in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the `dynamics.js` library by implementing new features and fixing bugs related to its animation capabilities. Their work included adding support for SVG animations, improving the existing animation API, and optimizing the codebase for performance. The user also addressed issues related to animation delays, timeouts, and interactions with iframes, ensuring a robust and reliable animation experience. Significant changes involved adapting the library to handle array-based inputs for animation functions.
physicsjavascript-libraryanimationjavascriptanimations
michaelvillar/timer-app
Mar 2016 - Dec 2018
A simple Timer app for Mac
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:6 releases, 57 commits, 23 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Michael was primarily responsible for the development of the user interface for a timer application. Their commits focused on building UI elements, including a clock display with a progress indicator and an interactive arrow control. They implemented features such as displaying minutes, seconds, and timer time, and also incorporated visual elements like an image and a pause icon. Additionally, the user integrated keyboard input for timer control and added support for both focused and unfocused states for the application window.
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