MichaelΒ Katz
Physical Security Specialist at United States Marshals Service
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Katz is a Physical Security Specialist with 13 years of experience designing and running complex security programs across judicial, corporate, and high-occupancy venues. He currently supports the U.S. Marshals Service managing court security systems and CSO contracts, and previously built North American security operations at Evolutionβlaunching comprehensive TVR assessments and achieving rapid OKR gains while protecting 16,000+ people across multiple sites. Michael pairs hands-on technical expertise in access control, CCTV, biometrics, NAC and mass-notification systems with contract and construction oversight to deliver resilient, auditable security solutions. His investigative foundation as a former detective and police officer is reinforced by graduate criminal-justice study and law training, giving him strong legal and risk-assessment instincts. Unusually for a practitioner in physical security, he also contributes to open-source mobile projects (Open edX Android/iOS and Flutter), bringing practical software skills to operational technology challenges.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Law (JD), Law, Doctor of Law (JD), Law at Rutgers Law SchoolBachelor of Arts (BA), Criminal Justice and Corrections, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Criminal Justice and Corrections at Richard Stockton College of New JerseyMaster of Arts (MA), Criminal Justice and Corrections, Master of Arts (MA), Criminal Justice and Corrections at Boston University
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Github Skills (26)
ui-d10
flutterapp10
ios10
mobile-development10
ui-design10
java10
fluttergame10
javas10
front-end-development10
android10
edx10
swift10
flutter-game10
dart10
flutter310
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
kodecocodes/flta-materials
Sep 2020 - Sep 2022
The projects and the materials that accompany the Flutter Apprentice book
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 43 commits, 14 PRs in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the front-end development of a Flutter application. Their commits indicate they started the base application, added Flutter UI components, and implemented the structure of the UI. They also included the use of image assets, showing an understanding of asset management within the Flutter framework. Furthermore, they worked on creating recipe cards and recipe details, likely to implement the visual presentation and user interaction.
flutterapprenticedart
openedx-unsupported/edx-app-ios
Aug 2015 - Aug 2016
The Open edX mobile app for iOS!
Role in this project:iOS Mobile Developer
iOS Mobile DeveloperContributions:1 release, 304 commits, 121 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on developing and improving the Open edX iOS mobile application. Their work involved implementing new UI components, such as accessibility features for download cells and new checkbox icons. They also addressed bugs, fixed version labels and app names, and removed the footer view from network paginator.
edxmobile-appswiftiosopen-edx
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