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Keynotes, panels, podcasts, and workshops on cybersecurity, cyberpsychology, digital wellness, and the human dimension of technology.
Michael Charles Davis
Michael Davis is a 25-year cybersecurity veteran, Fellow at the Center for Digital Thriving at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and doctoral candidate in cyberpsychology whose career spans the Pentagon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Boeing, and IBM. As CEO of Merek Security Solutions and founder of MindfulBytes, he speaks at the intersection of technology, human behavior, and consciousness.
His talks draw from deep operational experience, active academic research, and the lived journey from a Southern trailer park to safeguarding the nation’s most classified networks. He brings warmth, directness, and the kind of authority that only comes from doing the work.
What Michael Speaks About.
Each topic can be adapted for keynote, panel, workshop, or podcast format.
Shadow AI and the Human Attack Surface
Why the fastest-growing cybersecurity threat in 2026 is a design problem, not a technology problem. How organizations can build security environments that work with human behavior instead of against it.
Teaching Presence: Digital Wellness Beyond Screen Time
How MindfulBytes is building the neural architecture for conscious technology engagement in children — not by restricting screens but by developing interoceptive awareness before the reach.
The Body Keeps the Score, But Who Is Watching the Game?
Consciousness, technology, and the gap between recording experience and being aware of it. How this question changes everything from children’s digital wellness to organizational cybersecurity.
CMMC and the Compliance Behavior Gap
Why 118,000+ defense industrial base companies will fail at cybersecurity compliance unless they stop treating it as a checklist and start treating it as a design challenge.
From Trailer Park to Pentagon
Education, mentorship, and building what doesn’t exist yet. Michael’s personal story of growing up Black in the rural South, hiding intelligence to protect relationships, finding mentorship, and building a career that bridges cybersecurity, education, and human consciousness.
Stage & Conference.
On the Mic.
Featured In.
Newsweek
Expert citation on cybersecurity and metaverse privacy
Authority Magazine
Raising Children With Healthy Social Media & Digital Media Habits
KOAT (ABC) New Mexico
Cybersecurity expert segment
Santa Fe Magazine
Cyber Mindfulness — from Navy career to founding Merek
Albuquerque Journal
MindfulBytes program profile
New Mexico Living
Merek Security teaches how to be mindful when using the internet
youaligned
Men’s wellness apps and veteran health strategies
Medium
Regular contributor on cybersecurity and digital consciousness
“Michael’s curriculum has transformed how our students approach technology. They’re not only more aware of its impact on their emotions and actions but are also developing responsible habits that we know will carry forward.”— Ahlum Scalora, Head of School, Rio Grande School, Santa Fe, NM
Book Michael.
Michael is available for keynote addresses, panel discussions, podcast appearances, corporate training, parent/educator workshops, and expert consultations.
Keynote
45–60 minutes + Q&A
Panel
Flexible duration
Workshop
Half-day or full-day
Podcast
Remote or in-person
Get in Touch
For speaking inquiries, media requests, or booking: