Mike Hamilton
Founder And CEO at orangeNIL
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Hamilton is a seasoned technology executive and entrepreneur with over 15 years leading product, engineering, and go-to-market efforts in cybersecurity, networking, and infrastructure. He has progressed from hands-on design engineering to executive roles including CEO and CTO, guiding cloud-native security platforms like Ziften's Zenith and later shaping research and operations in energy-focused tech at GRIID. Based in Austin, he combines an electrical engineering foundation with an MBA from UT Austin to bridge deep technical design, product strategy, and commercial execution. Mike currently leads engineering at Elektron while founding orangeNIL and advising bitcoin mining through Hex Partners, reflecting a mix of startup grit and emerging-technology curiosity. Colleagues know him for integrating tight partner ecosystems into product roadmaps and for turning security analytics into practical, deployable protections. An operator who still appreciates technical detail, he’s as comfortable discussing silicon design trade-offs as he is scaling cross-functional teams.
8 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Business Administration, MBA Business Administration at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (2)
cybersecurity9
microsoft6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
ziften/WindowsDefenderATP-Hunting-Queries
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:2 pushes in 10 days
atpdefenderwindowswindows-defenderdefender-atp
griidinfra/griid-os
Sep 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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