Michael received his M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering in 2008 from UC Davis and his B.S. in Computer Engineering from UC Santa Cruz in 2006. Since joining the Lab in 2007, he has led several projects in the Aerial Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance domain and currently serves as the Associate Program Leader in LLNL's Global Security Z-Program. Michael serves as principal investigator for several internal and external projects related to overhead imagery, machine learning, data compression, and system development. From 2018 to 2023, he was the Director of LLNL's Data Science Institute.

M.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California at Davis, 2008

B.S. Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Cruz, 2006