Mike became a part of the WWT Primary Storage team in March 2021, specializing as a NetApp Subject Matter Expert. Over the course of his career, he has taken on various roles as an architect and engineer in both pre-sales and post-sales capacities, as well as in operations and technical management. Additionally, Mike has experience working as a customer, partner, distributor, and manufacturer, which gives him a unique industry perspective and the ability to tackle complex customer challenges. His areas of focus include file storage protocols (CIFS, NFS) and security. From a primary storage standpoint, his security focus encompasses the intersection of primary storage, data management, and ransomware protection.