About Us

Founder & Senior Penetration Tester

Michael is a former U.S. Army Cryptologic Network Warfare Specialist who began his career conducting cyber operations in military and national security environments. He has spent more than a decade leading and performing offensive security assessments for large commercial and government organizations, with deep expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

He has built and led multiple penetration testing teams, managed offensive security operations for large pentesting teams, and helped mature testing practices across complex client environments. In addition to hands-on leadership, he has developed and delivered advanced cloud security courses at Black Hat in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Michael is the primary author of The Business of Hacking, a book on building and scaling high-performing penetration testing organizations. He founded Final Frontier Security to combine operator-level depth with disciplined execution and long-term client relationships.

President & Senior Penetration Tester

​Rob brings more than a decade of experience in offensive cybersecurity across military, government, and commercial environments. He began his career in U.S. Army cyber operations before moving into offensive security roles where he both performed and led penetration testing engagements.

His background spans network, cloud, application, mobile, and social engineering assessments, along with the development of testing labs, tooling, and engagement standards used to support complex client environments. In addition to hands-on work, he has spent years training and mentoring cybersecurity professionals, including serving as an instructor at the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence.

As President of Final Frontier Security, Rob brings that operational depth to the firm’s leadership, ensuring that technical rigor, disciplined execution, and clear communication remain central to every engagement.

CTO

Adam brings more than 16 years of experience in enterprise security architecture and cybersecurity engineering across commercial and national security environments. His career has focused on designing and securing complex network and cloud infrastructures that operate under real-world threat conditions.

He has been responsible for the architecture and security of distributed enterprise environments, including large-scale security monitoring systems, hardened cloud platforms, and resilient identity and access control frameworks. His background spans both offensive and defensive contexts, providing practical perspective on how sophisticated attacks intersect with enterprise architecture.

As Chief Technology Officer of Final Frontier Security, Adam sets the firm’s technical standards and long-term architecture strategy. He ensures the company’s infrastructure, tooling, and internal security posture meet the expectations of enterprise security leaders and the environments they are responsible for protecting.

VP of Strategy

​Andre brings more than 25 years of experience in offensive security and enterprise security leadership. He has built and led red teams in the U.S. and EMEA, hiring and developing operators and helping mature offensive security programs beyond checklist-driven testing.

 

His work has focused on shifting penetration testing toward adversary-driven objectives, privilege escalation, pivoting, and full attack paths that reflect how real intrusions unfold. He has also helped security leaders better align testing, exposure management, and incident response capabilities to actual business risk beyond the base compliance requirements.

 

Andre is a U.S. Army veteran and remains active in technical and community leadership roles in Wisconsin.