Coming from an operations center background with over a decade of experience working everything from national scale commercial data backbone networks to metro and campus level connectivity, Mike has spent the last several years working in the not-for-profit technology and education world and is is now focused on bringing that experience to bear for the research and education community as the Program Manager for eduroam, as well as supporting several of Internet2's Trust and Identity initiatives such as the Trust and Identity in Research and Education (TIER) program.