Michael Reid

Michael Reid has a diverse work experience in the field of cybersecurity and technology. Michael is currently working at Cyderes as a Detection Engineering - Team Lead since April 2023. Prior to that, they worked at Fishtech Group as a Cyber Security Analyst II from October 2020 to July 2022.

Before joining Fishtech Group, Michael worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a Technical Consultant III from January 2014 to May 2020. Michael led a project to deploy a multi-server Insight Remote Support cluster, resulting in significant savings in diagnostic time and labor. Michael also provided server automation solutions and conducted rack/server burn-in tests.

Michael gained experience as a Level II Support Engineer at TEKsystems from April 2013 to June 2013. Michael also worked as a Web Producer at NWA Media, where they converted daily news articles into E-editions for their websites.

Prior to that, Michael served as a Service Manager at Computer Medic Services from September 2008 to December 2011. Michael was responsible for maintaining and servicing client servers, workstations, and networks.

During their early career, Michael worked at FORTiX, Inc. as a Web System Administrator, managing load-balanced web servers and storage solutions. Michael also performed website performance tuning and developed tools for monitoring customer bandwidth usage.

At Network Associates, Michael held the roles of Software Research Engineer from March 1998 to November 1999. Michael led quality assurance testing for anti-virus software and was part of the engineering research team investigating critical issues.

Overall, Michael Reid has extensive experience in cybersecurity, technical consulting, server management, and web administration.

Michael Reid received a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) degree in Information Technology from Arkansas Tech University in 2013. During the same period, they also obtained an Associate's degree in Emergency Management and Administration from the same institution. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2012, they pursued the CIS - Transfer Program to Walton Business College at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, earning an Associates degree. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained various certifications in 2020, including Foundations of Operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK, Foundations of Purple Teaming, Introduction to FIN6 Emulation Plans, Introduction to EASY Framework for Threat Intelligence, Proofpoint certifications, LinkedIn certifications related to data analysis and statistics, and Introduction to Cloud Computing for IT Pros.