Summary
Michelle Cannon is a founder and engineer with 14 years building AI-driven middleware, privacy-first messaging, and low-latency streaming systems across mobile, embedded, and cloud environments. She invented Sub-Lex, a narrative-based encryption approach, and has published research on privacy-preserving messaging and real-time secure transmission. Michelle’s career spans early mobile media work for the iPhone, lead roles in DRM and FairPlay streaming, and architecting scalable AWS/EC2 solutions for high-definition live events and first-responder drone video analytics. She blends hands-on implementation with research into hybrid AI models and cryptographic security, routinely delivering production-ready infrastructures for real-time applications. Based in Lincoln Park, Michigan, she helps companies translate cutting-edge AI and streaming research into pragmatic, privacy-focused products.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology, Bachelor's degree, Information Technology at University of Michigan