Michael Coates

Established cybersecurity executive and operator — Michael has repeatedly built and led security programs at large technology organizations (Mozilla, Twitter) and at startups. At Twitter he served as the company's first CISO and ran large-scale incident and platform security work; at Mozilla he built the security assurance programs for Firefox and web properties. theverge+2

Founder and builder who shipped product-led security startups — He co-founded Altitude Networks (focused on cloud collaboration data protection), led it as CEO, and guided it through acquisition by CoinList, demonstrating operator experience from product through exit. businessinsider+1

Investor and seed-stage partner in cybersecurity — After founding and exiting a startup, Michael moved into early-stage investing and operator‑led venture work, launching Seven Hill Ventures to back pre-seed cybersecurity founders and participating as an angel/seed investor in many security startups. sevenhillventures+1

Community leader and open-source contributor — Longtime OWASP leader (served as chairman of the OWASP global board) and creator/leader of the AppSensor project, showing commitment to community-driven security tooling and education. blogspot+1

Public communicator: speaker, writer and commentator — Regular conference speaker (RSA, QCon, industry events) and author of the Inside Cyber newsletter where he publishes incident analyses and product/market perspectives on security. michaelcoates+2