Michael completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science and physics at MIT. While there, he founded an electronic medical records company and later served as Chief Technology Officer of the acquiring organization. Michael then devoted a year to teaching undergraduate and graduate computer science courses as a Visiting Instructor at Miami University in Ohio before relocating to Silicon Valley, where he led the information security program at SRI International in Menlo Park for the next 11 years. Michael joined Stanford University in 2012 and ascended to the Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer role in 2013, adding the Chief Privacy Officer role in 2018. After 10 years at Stanford, Michael was appointed as Harvard University's Chief Information Security and Data Privacy Officer in 2022, where he leads digital accessibility in addition to the university's pioneering PrivSec program. Today, Michael serves on several advisory boards, providing cybersecurity and privacy expertise.