Michael has an extensive legal and commercial background and international experience within the global sports industry. Michael is affiliated with London-based legal services and intelligence provider Quintel Intelligence Ltd. 

Michael also served as an NFL player-agent for 14 years. He is based in Boston and is engaged with sports clients across the globe.

Michael specialises in sports tech; data governance, compliance, privacy, and protection; enforcement and protection of athletes’ IP, publicity | name/image/likeness (NIL), and image rights; the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); online harms including defamation, Ai-generated deepfakes, and mis/disinformation campaigns; reputation and crisis management; the NFL and its Players’ Association (NFLPA); E.U. and U.K. football players and clubs; mediation/arbitration hearings; sports integrity and anti-doping; and gambling enterprises.

Rob is the Global SOC Lead Architect, Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), at Orange Cyberdefense, focusing on Orange’s global strategy and offerings for Managed & Co-Managed SASE/SSE services. 

He works closely with ecosystem partners, industry cybersecurity experts and global SOC operational teams to differentiate vendor agnostic SASE offerings.

By using a business priorities first approach to what has long been seen as a pure technical subject, Rob supports driving the discussion from a strategic level instead of just an operational one. 

This leads to a more proactive and thought leadership driven approach that better supports organizations in implementing the required security controls, in order to have robust protection against malicious actors.