Mike Castner

Mike Castner is currently serving as the Chief Technology Officer at Pelidum Trust & Safety since January 2025, overseeing all technical and analytical aspects. Prior to this role, Mike held various positions at Google from June 2014 to May 2023, including Technical Program Manager across multiple departments, where significant contributions were made to initiatives such as the Privacy Sandbox Aggregation Service and the development of the PostgreSQL interface for Spanner. Additionally, Mike worked as a Policy and Operations Analyst at Trust Lab from June 2023 to January 2025 and began their career at EMC as an Implementation Delivery Specialist. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Security and Risk Analysis from Penn State University, earned between 2007 and 2011.