Mike Gualtieri

About Mike Gualtieri

Mike is a seasoned technical engineering leader with over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, software engineering, and cloud-native infrastructure. He currently leads Security Engineering at Netlify, having previously built and led the Security & Compliance program at the high-growth startup Gatsby, guiding it through its acquisition by Netlify.An avid security researcher, Mike has earned multiple CVEs and continues to write about security and present at top security conferences. He also developed cybersecurity curriculum for the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing & Information, training students in software vulnerability exploitation, the OWASP Top 10, penetration testing, and red team TTPs using the MITRE ATT & CK framework.Earlier in his career, Mike founded three tech companies. As president of Eris Interactive Group, he spent over a decade designing, launching, and maintaining dozens of software products across a wide range of industries. In 2019, he and a business partner spun out the firm’s security arm into SAVIO Information Security, where Mike led technical programs assisting businesses with security program development, regulatory compliance (PCI DSS, NIST 800-171, CMMC), incident response planning, penetration testing, and red/purple teaming. Before his consulting work, Mike was the innovator behind Kiddix, a Linux-based operating system for kids with integrated parental controls, where he served as founder & CEO, leading the team and architecting multiple products.Mike holds an MBA from the Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh, and graduated cum laude with a BS in Computer Science from Seton Hall University.Specialties: Cybersecurity Leadership · Engineering Leadership · Detection & Response · Offensive Security (Red Teaming, Purple Teaming, Penetration Testing, Application Security) · Adversarial Emulation · Threat Intelligence · Security Architecture · Security Engineering · Security Research · Cloud-Native Security · Cloud Engineering · Software Product Management · Software Architecture · Software Engineering

Experience

1. Faculty

   IANS

   Feb 2026 — Present

   As an IANS Faculty member, I advise Fortune 500 companies and security leaders on complex real-world cybersecurity problems. My areas of specialization include: cloud native security & architecture, application & API security, offensive security (red team, purple team, penetration testing), vulnerability management, and AI/LLM security/guardrails.Bio:

Education

• University of Pittsburgh

  MS, Computer Science

  2001 — 2004

• University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

  MBA

  2004 — 2006

• Seton Hall University

  BS, Computer Science

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Children's Computing
• Distributed Systems
• Early Stage Companies
• Venture Capital
• Saas
• Project Management
• Technical Project Leadership
• Parental Controls
• Corporate Development
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Software Development
• Technical Staff Management
• Strategic Consulting
• Executive Management
• Business Planning
• Strategic Partnerships
• Mobile Applications
• Product Development
• Analysis
• Operating Systems
• Computer Science
• Mobile Devices
• Cloud Computing
• Software Design
• Competitive Analysis
• Children's Software
• Architecture
• Start-Ups
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Angel Investing
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Software Engineering
• User Experience
• Consulting
• Open Source Software
• Entrepreneurship
• Analytics
• System Security