Mike Macpherson

Director of Cyber & AI Security, Applied Computing

I spent 14 years in the military as a surveillance, reconnaissance, and intelligence engineer, focused on C4I systems. That experience taught me to think in adversary terms, work under pressure, and build secure systems that function at scale, even in hostile environments.

Since 2011, I’ve transitioned into the private sector where I’ve led the build-out of scalable security functions for startups and scale ups, across both offensive and governance domains. My focus today is twofold: protecting our own infrastructure from sophisticated threats, and giving clients the assurance that we operate in a way that’s secure, resilient, and aligned with regulatory expectations.