Michael Lack
Program Manager
Information Innovation Office
Mr. Michael Lack joined DARPA’s Information Innovation Office (I2O) as a program manager in May 2023. His research interests focus on privacy, secure communications, cybersecurity, and embedded systems.
Prior to his position at DARPA, Lack was a chief scientist within STR’s Cyber and Physical Systems division, providing oversight and expertise to several privacy, cybersecurity, and networking research projects. Before joining STR, he was the senior vice president of Research and Development (R&D) at Two Six Technologies, where he oversaw a broad research portfolio in mobile security, data privacy, cybersecurity, applied math, data science and complex systems. Before Two Six Technologies, Lack held senior research positions at several premier R&D organizations, focusing on next-generation cybersecurity and information assurance technologies.
Lack holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Science in computer science and mathematics from the University of Richmond.