Michael HUO

Principal Engineer — Netskope

AI-Native Zero-Trust & GenAI Security

Santa Clara, CA · August 2025 – Present

• Building Secure Web Gateway (SWG) dataplane in C++ for SASE/SSE with GenAI protocol support
• Implemented containerized ARM64 build pipeline: reduced build time 95% (4h → 9min) using Docker, GitHub Actions, and JFrog Artifactory
• Designed and implemented C++ Dataplane Event Nexus (DEN) with ZeroMQ pub/sub and gRPC/Protobuf for real-time DLP event forwarding
• Developed Python automation for network config generation across Ubuntu 16/20/22/24, deployed via Ansible
• Migrated CI/CD from Drone to GitHub Actions, consolidating build toolchains
• Proposed App-ID solution for GenAI security using MCP/A2A protocol analysis

Principal Engineer — Undisclosed Startup

San Francisco Bay Area · December 2024 – March 2025

• Architected scalable cloud-native platform infrastructure, enabling rapid product development and market entry
• Led security-focused architecture initiatives, establishing secure, performant distributed systems
• Designed DevOps infrastructure enabling continuous delivery and rapid iteration cycles
• Built AI and Cloud Infrastructure, Backend-as-a-Service, DevSecOps, Web App and SaaS solutions

Principal Engineer — Index Engines

Cyber Resilience & Agentic AI

San Jose, CA · April 2025 – August 2025

• Built CyberSense Cloud Management Plane microservices in Python/Node.js for ransomware detection
• Implemented cloud-agnostic infrastructure: AWS ECS/EKS, Terraform/Terragrunt, Jenkins CI/CD
• Developed License Service and Salesforce Agent microservices with cross-federation licensing model
• Built Salesforce Manager frontend (React, Vite, MUI) and backend (Node.js) for dev environment automation
• Designed systems using ML, full-content analytics, SSH tunneling, WebSockets, and PubSub
• Proposed 5 patents for cloud-native cybersecurity and licensing solutions

Principal Engineer — F5 Inc.

SaaS Backend, DevSecOps & Bot Defense

San Jose, CA · October 2021 – April 2025

• Architected Integrated Bot Defense backend services in Python and Go on GCP and F5XC
• Led infrastructure team managing GitLab Enterprise, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, HashiCorp Vault
• Migrated CI/CD from GitHub Enterprise/Jenkins to GitLab/ArgoCD: reduced deployment time 40%
• Implemented HashiCorp Vault integration for secrets management in multi-tenant cloud environments
• Built observability stack with Prometheus and Grafana for performance monitoring and cost optimization

Principal Engineer — Airgap Networks

Zero Trust Network Access

February 2021 – October 2021

• Built zero-trust isolation platform using Kubernetes, Python, and AWS
• Developed secure microservices with automated threat detection, reducing vulnerability exposure 30%
• Implemented infrastructure as code with Terraform and Docker for cloud-native security controls

Senior Staff / Staff / Intern — Palo Alto Networks

Next-Gen Firewall & ML Threat Detection

May 2013 – July 2020

• Built cloud-native NGFW infrastructure using AWS, KVM, and Python
• Developed ML threat detection pipelines with Elasticsearch and Docker: improved accuracy 45%, reduced response time 25%
• Built NVIDIA GPU cluster for ML workloads, improving data processing efficiency 40%
• Contributed to App-ID development: enhanced protocol decoding for Office 365 and cloud apps
• Implemented distributed systems in Python for high-volume event processing
• Integrated observability tools for real-time monitoring and incident response

Co-Chair & President — VI AI Foundation

Faith & AI Non-Profit

Global · Ongoing

• Leading a Christian non-profit integrating faith and AI to serve and uplift communities
• Guiding vision and strategy for responsible, Biblically grounded AI initiatives
• Collaborating with technologists and ministry leaders to build practical, faith-aligned AI tools

Vice President & IT / Information Director — ZJUAANC

Zhejiang University Alumni Association of Northern California

Volunteer Leadership

• Supporting alumni community engagement and events for Zhejiang University graduates in Northern California
• Overseeing IT and information systems for the association, including communication channels and online presence
• Advising on technology, security, and data practices to enable effective and secure community operations

Lecturer — Zhejiang University

Hangzhou, China · July 1998 – October 2007

• Taught computer science fundamentals including Operating Systems, Databases, Data Structures, and Algorithms
• Delivered enterprise software solutions for financial institutions and corporations, establishing foundation in business-critical systems
• Designed and optimized infrastructure solutions for academic and enterprise environments, focusing on security and reliability