Michael Cole

Experience

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  US Navy

  Jun 1997 - Feb 2002

  Aviation Electronics Technician (E-5)

  Deployed to Afghanistan aboard U.S.S Carl Vinson. Performed maintenance of avionics systems.

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  City of Turlock

  Jul 2006 - Feb 2008

  IT Analyst

  Performed System Administration and Maintenance for IT Enterprise systems.

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  Turlock Irrigation District

  Feb 2008 - Sept 2021

  Architected OT Cyber Security Program and Technologies for Power Grid Systems. Designed NERC CIP Program architecture and supporting systems using E-C2M2 and NIST-800 53. Achieved multiple "No Finding" NERC CIP audits. Presented NERC CIP Program at UTC Journal and WECC compliance conferences. Led Storage Migration, Email Migration, Core Networking, and Virtualization projects. Performed Enterprise IT projects, administration, and maintenance. Worked with Data Center Technologies such as Cisco networking, Storage Networking, Virtualization, Network Monitoring, Microsoft Directory, Server and Operating Systems.

  • Sr. Control System Cyber Security Analyst

    May 2013 - Sept 2021

  • Sr. Network Engineer/DBA

    Dec 2011 - May 2013

  • ITS Operations Network Engineer II

    Feb 2008 - Dec 2011
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  SMUD

  Sept 2021 - now

  • Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations

    Nov 2022 - now

  • Principal OT Cybersecurity Engineer

    Sept 2021 - Nov 2022