Mike (Michael) Fey is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Symantec Corporation. Mike has been Board Advisor at ShieldX Networks, Inc. since January 2019, and has been a Director at Digital Guardian, Inc. since December 2015. He has more than 10 years of field, marketing and operational experience in security. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer at Blue Coat Systems Inc. since December 2014 until August 2016. Prior to joining Blue Coat, Mike held a variety of positions at the Intel Security Group from 2012 to 2014, including Chief Technology Officer, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Corporate Products of Intel Security Inc. (Alternative Name: McAfee, Inc.).
He served as Worldwide Chief Technology Officer of Intel Security Inc. since September 15, 2012 and served as its Senior Vice President for Sales Engineering since October 2007. He served as Senior Vice President of Advanced Technologies and Field Engineering with McAfee, a software security company, from 2007 to 2012. He is a recognized thought leader in the industry and a published author. His most recent book, "Security Battleground: An Executive Field Manual" is used by leading consulting agencies to build out risk mitigation strategies. He is also a frequent speaker at RSA, where he has presented main stage keynotes the past two years and has presented a TED Talk titled "Are You Technically Fit to Parent". Mike holds a B.S. Engineering Physics with a minor Mathematics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.