Transformative and visionary Information Technology executive with 30 years of leadership success combined with in-depth and diverse technical expertise. Sought-after speaker at regional and national events, presenting unique insights in IT, security, risk, compliance, cyber-defense, leadership, service delivery, business process integration and fraud. Distinction of successfully defending a public national event, the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Tampa, Michael built a COE with a suite of Cybersecurity tools and coordinated with 140+ local, state, and federal law enforcement and government agencies including US Secret Service, FBI, DoD, DHS, FDLE, and US Armed Forces. Specialized in building and improving IT​/​OT Operational & Service systems, projects and programs, he has built many IT, IT Risk, IT Security​/​Cybersecurity and GRC systems, datacenters and programs from the ground up. He works effectively with all stakeholders, Board of Directors, executive​/​senior management, technical and business staff delivering small to large multi-$Mil projects and budgets over $250 Mil. Experienced managing Dept.’s over 250+ CAPEX​/​OPEX projects and staff of 500+ globally.