Mike Bursell

Mike is co-founder and CEO of Profian and is based near Cambridge, in the UK. Mike moved into security in the late 1990s after roles in distributed systems and web development, and has held architecture and product management roles in the space ever since. He has worked at a number of companies, including Citrix, Intel and Red Hat, where he was Chief Security Architect in the Office of the CTO. While at Red Hat, he co-founded the Enarx project with Nathaniel McCallum, and they left to found Profian in mid-2021.

Mike studied English Literature and Theology at King’s College, Cambridge, graduating in 1994. He subsequently received an MBA from the Open University in 2001. He has written a book, due to be published by Wiley shortly: Trust in Computer Systems and the Cloud. Mike is a passionate open source advocate and a contributor and Correspondent at Opensource.com. He speaks globally at conferences and maintains the security-leaning blog Alice, Eve and Bob at https://aliceevebob.com.

Mike’s other activities include volunteering as a Community First Responder for the East of England Ambulance Service, serving as a school governor, spending time with his family and pets, drinking single malt whisky, gaming, reading sci-fi and wondering where all the hours in the day went.