Michael A. Davis

About Michael A. Davis

Over the years, Michael Davis has earned a reputation as one of the nation\'s leading authorities on information technology. The list of organizations that rely on his counsel includes AT & T, Sears, Exelon, and the US Department of Defense.Previously, Davis was President of External IT, a national managed IT services and cloud services provider that focuses on unifying the business IT experience. In 2005, he founded Savid Technologies, an IT security consulting firm. He led Savid to be the 23rd fastest growing company in Chicago as measured by Inc. magazine, and by 2010, Savid was ranked 611 on the Inc. list of fastest growing companies in America. Prior to Savid, he served as senior manager of global threats at McAfee, where he led a team of researchers investigating confidential and cutting-edge security analysis.As an entrepreneur he was voted one of the “Top 25 under 25” by BusinessWeek, semi-finalist of the Ernst and Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” award, and a “Web 2.0 Wonderkid” for his online marketing capabilities. Davis is an contributing author to the top selling computer security book, Hacking Exposed, as well as Hacking Exposed: Malware and Rootkits, and he is a frequent contributor to industry and business publications including InformationWeek and Dark Reading. He regularly speaks at noted industry conferences including Black Hat, Interop, SuperStrategies, and InfoSecWorld.

Experience

1. Global Chief Security Architect

   J.P. Morgan

   Sep 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   I leverage sociotechnical principles to align our organizations and technology, reduce friction, and reduce risk.