Michael Kleeman
Senior Fellow, University of California's Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) and Fellow at the Supercomputer Center and the California Institute of Telecommunications and Internet Technology (CALIT2) at UC San Diego.
Michael Kleeman is a senior fellow at the University of California's Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC) and involved in several projects involving homeland security and critical infrastructure protection, including "Training and Exercises in California Homeland Security." He is also a Fellow at the Supercomputer Center and the California Institute of Telecommunications working on complex modeling, wireless technology applications, and complex visualization systems.
Kleeman is a technology industry strategist whose particular skill is in bridging technical and business issues. For more than 30 years he has been involved in the technology industry in engineering, planning, management, and advisory roles. Formerly a vice president at the Boston Consulting Group, director at Arthur D. Little, and executive at Sprint, Kleeman has most recently served as the co-founder, vice president, and chief technical officer of Cometa Networks, a nationwide wireless broadband provider. He was also the founding CTO of Global Telesystems Group and a senior executive at Aerie Networks, a long distance fiber optic carrier.
Kleeman serves as the national chair of Strategy for the American Red Cross as science advisor for the University of California Center in Sacramento, and on the boards of Equal Access, a not-for-profit providing digital satellite radio services to developing nations and the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito. He is also on the advisory council for the San Diego Technology Council. He holds an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and an M.A. from the Claremont Graduate School.
