Mike Heister
Director Of Engineering & Operations At Artel, LLC.
Quad Cities Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolMike Heister is a seasoned network and security engineering leader with over a decade of experience designing, operating, and securing global terrestrial and satellite communications networks. As Director of Engineering & Operations at Artel, LLC, he has led multi‑million dollar programs, mentored engineering teams, and improved network performance and reliability through pragmatic architecture and high‑availability designs. His background spans military signal operations, large enterprise infrastructure projects, and hands‑on MPLS, BGP, IPSEC and NOC engineering—combined with academic teaching in graduate network security. Mike pairs technical certifications and a Boston University MS in CIS (Security) with program management chops (PMP), enabling him to translate complex operational requirements into auditable, secure deployments. He’s noted for driving measurable improvements—e.g., a 21% performance boost and >10% reliability gain from BGP remediation—and for shrinking deployable satellite systems’ size, weight and power by 40% on defense programs. Based in the Quad Cities, he brings a rare blend of fieldable satellite comms expertise and enterprise security program leadership.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Management Science and Computer Systems, Bachelor's Degree, Management Science and Computer Systems at Oklahoma State UniversityMaster's Degree, Computer Information Systems - Security, 3.74, Master's Degree, Computer Information Systems - Security, 3.74 at Boston University
English
Github Skills (2)
javascript5
web-components4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bulib/primo-explore-devenv-bu
Feb 2017 - Sep 2020
Boston University's customizations for the Primo UI
Contributions:51 commits, 2 PRs, 46 pushes in 3 years 7 months
boston-universitycustomizationsprimo
mwardlib/refTools
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:37 pushes, 2 branches in 1 day
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