Michael T. Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, MN, US

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Directly contributed to building team strategy during organizational change
• Created and executed threat intelligence team workflow tracking system resulting in board reportable metrics
• Drives content development for the monthly CISO brief by identifying events of interests and encouraging analyst contribution
• Operationalized team response to Log4j, JBS ransomware, and Crystal Valley coop ransomware events
• Developed methodology to identify groups that are a threat to Cargill, resulting in the creation of 20 threat actor profiles that provide contextual insights to stakeholders
• Collaborated with developers to deploy MISP and Maltego; resulting in analyst access to 5 high fidelity threat intelligence feeds, 19 enrichment modules, and 91 Maltego transforms

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Led team of 2 analysts
• Developed processes designed to create actionable intelligence reports for key stakeholders resulting in reporting of significant campaigns like emotet, adwind, and hancitor
• Directed organization wide efforts to deploy Optum’s Threat Intelligence platforms leading efforts to create processes resulting in organization wide access to 500+ threat intelligence event analyses
• Led intelligence team response to WannaCry ransomware by providing incident responders with real time updates resulting in event awareness and decision to disconnect systems from major European health service
• Created program to research, monitor, and block suspicious domains that infringed upon UnitedHealth Group trademarks and were used by threat actors for malicious campaigns resulting in the monitoring of 1000+ domains.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted data analysis across several large data sets providing insights to clients through intelligence reports that identified key trends

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Interned at the Center for Technology and National Security Policy (CTNSP) Researched cyber issues, identifying and analyzing logical vulnerabilities (TCP/IP, DNS, ISPs) to internet infrastructureResearched legal regimes governing cyberspace, examining the concept of the "internet kill switch" Participated in a limited objective experiment designed to.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Provided analytical and operational support for client specific requests related to ongoing campaigns and convergence of geopolitics and cybersecurity

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Conducted client briefings regarding Federal business opportunities and regulations related to Federal government information technology

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Led group of 3 analysts, assisting team with expertise of Navy procurement, encouraging creative solutions to client requests

Bs, International Relations

Master Of Science (Ms), Defense And Strategic Studies

I attended Missouri State University's Defense and Strategic Studies Program, mainly focusing on cyberspace related issues. Non-cyber.