Speaker Bio
Mike Toney stands at the forefront of the intersection between Quantum and AI, serving as the Principal Investigator/Chief Architect for SandboxAQ Global Public Sector, a company deeply committed to pushing the envelope where AI and Quantum technology merge. With a career trajectory that traces back over three decades, his portfolio is punctuated by leadership roles such as the Chief Enterprise Architect at CISA where he developed and managed architectures defining systems and operations, as well as forecasting emerging technologies across the full spectrum of critical infrastructure sectors to guide research and development investments. He has served in various private and public sector roles, applying the enterprise architecture discipline to develop and integrate strategic planning for operational effectiveness, and to drive technology innovations through research, analysis, and forecasting. His career is further underscored with several technology certifications, a patent for an architecture software and method, and he has published books and magazine articles on topics of national security interest and sector specific emerging technologies.