Mike Pond
Treasurer
Mike Pond has spent his career at the intersection of cybersecurity and national resilience. As a former Cyber Exercise Manager at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), he designed and directed large-scale national cybersecurity exercises and crisis simulations that prepared critical infrastructure owners, government agencies, and international partners to defend against high-stakes cyber threats. His work contributed directly to how federal agencies and infrastructure operators plan, rehearse, and respond to cyber incidents at scale
Mike currently serves as a Senior Manager of Security Operations at Arctic Wolf, leading an organization of global security professionals responsible for protecting clients across a wide range of sectors. His professional background spans cyber operations, law enforcement, finance, insurance, and radio broadcasting. Together, those experiences have equipped him to navigate the human, organizational, and technical dimensions of security.
A CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service recipient, Mike is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and holds a Master of Business Administration with a Cybersecurity and Informatics specialization, alongside a Bachelor of Science in Geospatial Intelligence. A proud San Antonio resident, he is committed to strengthening the public-private partnerships that keep the region's critical infrastructure secure.
