Let's Grab Coffee Podcast ☕ · 2025-12-06 · 46 min
Michael Roytman is a cybersecurity data scientist and entrepreneur. Born in East Germany and raised between Ukraine and Russia, he immigrated to the U.S. and studied industrial engineering at UIUC and operations research at Georgia Tech. A lifelong builder, he founded TruckSpotting and Dharma Platform - a data tool used by WHO, MSF, and Save the Children - earning him a spot on Forbes 30 Under 30. He spent nearly a decade at Kenna Security , co-creating the Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), then became a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco . Today, Michael is Co-Founder & CTO of Empirical Security , developing enterprise-specific AI models for cybersecurity. He also co-founded Sputnik Coffee in Chicago and serves on the Forbes Technology Council .
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