Mike serves as the Senior Policy Advisor for AI and Digital Technology in Third Way's Economics Program. He focuses on the frontier of AI development and its implications for public policy and politics.

Prior to Third Way, Mike directed the Cyber Program at the Middle East Institute, where he edited and published the anthology book "Cyber War & Cyber Peace in the Middle East." He has also served as Associate Director of the Qatar-America Institute, Senior Analyst at The Chertoff Group, and Data Manager at the Chicago Project on Security and Threats.

Mike holds a BA in Mathematics from the University of Chicago with a minor in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. After college, he earned an MA in Security Studies from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service where he focused on the national security implications of ubiquitous encryption and studied Arabic intensively in Amman, Jordan. He is a member of Foreign Policy for America and has been listed in the Top 40 Under 40 list by the Middle East Policy Council.