Mikhael Felker

Mikhael Felker currently holds the position of Head of Security Engineering & Privacy Engineering and Head of Product Security at Verily Life Sciences since November 2021. Prior to this role, Mikhael served as VP of Information Security (CISO) at Leaf Group from October 2019 to October 2021 and held the position of Director of Information Security & IT Risk Management at Farmers Insurance from November 2016 to October 2019. Additional experience includes serving as Director of IT / Information Security at The Honest Company and holding multiple director-level positions related to IT infrastructure, compliance, and security operations at ReachLocal. Earlier career experience includes roles as a Senior Systems/Security Engineer at YP and Computer Resource Manager II at UCLA Health. Mikhael's educational background includes a Master’s degree in Information Security Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University, a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UCLA, and certificates in Project Management and Finance from UCLA.