Michael Cole

Michael Cole

Aviation Electronics Technician (E-5)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations

  • Education

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

      2019 - 2023
      MS Cybersecurity

      Offensive Cybersecurity Cybersecurity Engineering

    • California State University, Stanislaus

      2002 - 2006
      BS Computer Science
  • Experience

    • 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.

    • City of Turlock

      Jul 2006 - Feb 2008
      IT Analyst

      Performed System Administration and Maintenance for IT Enterprise systems.

    • 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
    • SMUD

      Sept 2021 - now
      • Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations

        Nov 2022 - now
      • Principal OT Cybersecurity Engineer

        Sept 2021 - Nov 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Information Systems Security Professional-CISSP

      ISC2
      Nov 2016
    • Cisco Certified Network Professional-CCNP

      Cisco
      May 2013