Michael Melone
Principal Cybersecurity Researcher at Microsoft
Tampa, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Melone is a cybersecurity leader with two decades of experience spearheading targeted-attack incident response and threat hunting, notably helping to build Microsoft’s DART team and now leading research for Defender Experts for XDR. He combines deep operational expertise—having led or participated in 150+ global incident investigations—with product and BI skills, owning threat-hunting tooling roadmaps and Power BI intelligence for large security operations. Michael pairs technical depth in Azure-based tooling and advanced KQL with an executive MBA, enabling him to translate complex security telemetry into strategic, risk-balanced decisions for organizations. His background spans federal and defense environments through the U.S. Navy and DoD engagements, giving him unique operational discipline in high-assurance contexts. Based in Tampa, he also serves on GTE Financial’s Supervisory Committee, applying security and audit rigor to financial governance. Colleagues know him for turning investigative insights into repeatable services and training that raise organizational resilience.
6 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at University of South FloridaMaster of Science (MS) Information Systems and Technology Management, Master of Science (MS) Information Systems and Technology Management at Capella UniversityAssociate in Arts Focused on IT, Associate in Arts Focused on IT at Saint Petersburg College
English, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
cybersecurity10
microsoft-365-defender10
microsoft-graph10
cloud-native10
security10
microsoft9
jupyter-notebook2
powerbi2
machine-learning1
jupyterlab1
jupyter1
data-science1
office3651
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
mjmelone/PowerShell
May 2020 - Apr 2021
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
mjmelone/KQL
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020
Michael Melone's Kusto Query library
Contributions:12 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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