Michael Chan
Security lead for Generative AI and Identity
- Role
- Principal Security Architect at Target
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Michael Chan
Michael Chan has comprehensive experience in generative AI security, cloud identity, and architecture. Formerly a lead consultant, he\'s helped Fortune 500 companies and government agencies in their security journey to the cloud.
Experience
Principal Security Architect
Apr 2025 — Present
Help Target secure their AI/ML workloads, including GCP\'s Vertex AI, OpenAI ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and SaaS vendors in the GenAI space* Define secure patterns for AI/ML access in GCP around Vertex AI, BigQuery, GCS, and more (just about everything in the OWASP Top Ten for LLMs)* Define and advise regarding the AI-specific security risks, such as hallucinations, direct and indirect prompt injections, and more* Define AI guidance and secure implementation for Target business and developer teams* Define AI guidance and secure implementation for AI Agents, Agentic AI, and MCP
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelors, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Computer Science Minor
1993 — 1998
Skills
- Tomcat
- Operating Systems
- Perl
- Amazon Web Services (Aws)
- Scalability
- Software Engineering
- Networking
- Tcp/Ip
- Oracle
- Ibm Aix
- Cloud Computing
- Computer Security
- Xml
- Security
- Enterprise Software
- Enterprise Architecture
- Devops
- Solaris
- Aix
- High Availability
- Java
- Ruby
- Sql
- Linux
- Jira
- Algorithms
- Software Development
- Architectures
- Apache
- Troubleshooting
- Virtualization
- System Architecture
- Unix
- System Automation
- Distributed Systems
- Integration
- Shell Scripting
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