Hi there 👋, I’m Michael

🔭 About Me

• 🛡️ I'm currently building AI systems at Microsoft to help protect organizations from cyber attacks
• ✍️ In 2025, I published my first book, Building Applications with AI Agents
• 🔬 I also research and occasioanlly publish on ML, AI, and cybersecurity
• 🌎 I grew up in Petaluma in Sonoma County, California.

🛠️ Skills & Tools

• Languages: Python · C# · Java · Go
• AI & ML: LLMs · Multi-agent Systems · RLVR · PPO · GRPO
• Frameworks: · LangGraph · AutoGen · MCP · PyTorch · Spark · DSPy · Kafka · Flink · Kafka

🌱 Currently Learning

• New techniques for fine-tuning language and reasoning models
• AI for cybersecurity investigations
• Prompt optimization strategies
• Techniques for agentic memory

📫 How to reach me

• 💼 LinkedIn
• 🌐 Personal Website
• 🐦 Twitter/X
• 📝 Substack
• 📚 GoodReads

⚡ Fun Fact

• 🦙 I grew up on a llama farm