Mike Williams is a head of infrastructure compliance with nine years of hands-on security and engineering leadership experience, currently leading technology compliance at Stripe to enable global market expansion and scalable regulatory readiness. He has steered security governance and risk programs at Bridgewater and held director-level security roles at fast-growing startups, pairing legal training (J.D.) with software and ML credentials to bridge technical, regulatory, and product teams. Mike’s background spans government diplomacy and legal roles at the U.S. State Department to senior engineering and security positions, giving him a rare mix of public-sector policy experience and production security operations. Known for turning complex compliance regimes into operationally efficient systems, he focuses on measurable controls, developer enablement, and scaling compliance as a product.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Software Engineering, Certificate Software Engineering at Fullstack Academy
Nanodegree Machine Learning, Nanodegree Machine Learning at Udacity
Bachelor’s Degree Economics Classical Civilizations, Bachelor’s Degree Economics Classical Civilizations at Boston University
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Juris Doctor (J.D.) at Fordham University School of Law
Contributions:42 PRs, 46 pushes, 14 branches in 8 days
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Mike Williams - Head Of Infrastructure Compliance at Stripe