Michael Ford, MS

Michael Ford, MS has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Michael started their career as a Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin in 2007 and worked there until 2010. Michael then joined Cisco as a Systems Engineer, providing pre-sales support and consultation to clients in downtown Chicago. In 2012, they became a Virtual Systems Engineer at Cisco, where they provided pre-sales consultation to account teams worldwide and earned Cisco Certifications.

In 2016, Michael moved to ThousandEyes as a Senior Solutions Engineer, where they remained until 2018. Michael then joined Red Hat as a Senior Solutions Architect and later became a Principal Solutions Architect, achieving exemplary sales performance and recognition for their contributions. At Red Hat, Michael worked closely with various teams to drive successful customer business outcomes with Red Hat cloud-native platforms.

In 2023, Michael joined CIQ - Ctrl IQ, Inc. as the Director of Sales Engineering, taking on a leadership role in driving the company's sales engineering efforts.

Michael Ford has a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Computer Science from The Johns Hopkins University, which they obtained from 2007 to 2010. Prior to that, they completed their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 2002 to 2006. Michael'ssecondary education was at Whitney Young High School from 1998 to 2002, but no specific degree or field of study is mentioned. In terms of certifications, Michael has obtained the following: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) from The Linux Foundation in June 2021, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) from The Linux Foundation in January 2021, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in May 2020, Cisco Certified Network Professional (Routing and Switching) from Cisco Systems in June 2011, and Cisco Certified Network Associate (Voice) from Cisco Systems in March 2013.