Michael Blake

Michael Blake has a diverse work experience spanning several companies and roles. Michael is currently employed at Owl Cyber Defense as the Chief Architect, a position they have held since January 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Trident Systems as an Engineering Director from July 2018 to January 2021, and as a Technical Director from April 2005 to July 2018.

Before joining Trident Systems, Michael worked at the American Kennel Club as a Senior Developer from February 2003 to March 2005. Michael also had a consulting role at Tek Systems, where they were part of the java gui registration team from March 2002 to January 2003 and worked extensively with technologies such as Swing, Java Advanced Imaging, JDBC, and XML.

Earlier in their career, Michael worked as a Senior Analyst at Quintiles from October 2001 to February 2002, and as a Consultant at Metro Information Services, where they worked on a project at Quintiles from February 2001 to October 2001. Michael also served as a Database Specialist/Programmer at Marshall University from October 1998 to February 2001, where they developed a web-based application and installed RedHat Linux. Finally, Michael began their career as a Lab Technician IV at CDI, where they worked on projects for Lyondell Chemical Company from May 1997 to October 1998.

Michael Blake received their Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with minors in Math and Computer Science from Marshall University in 1993. Michael then pursued further education at Virginia Tech, where they obtained their Masters of Science degree in Chemistry from 1993 to 1995.