Greater Honolulu Area · Available

Mike Patraw

Building practical AI tools for security, operations, and decision support. 24-year Army veteran with 5 combat deployments, cybersecurity professional, AI builder, and founder/operator working at the intersection of security, automation, and applied AI.

24Years Army
Leadership
5Combat
Deployments
8Active
Projects
🎖
Bronze Star · Valor
U.S. Army · 24 Years · 5 Combat Deployments
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A public-safe map of how the work connects.

A live, video-inspired knowledge tree built from curated portfolio metadata. Private repository details and sensitive implementation notes stay out of the public view.

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Security foundation.
Operator mindset.
Applied AI execution.

My work ties together 24 years Army leadership — including 5 combat deploymentsUC Berkeley MICS cybersecurity training, AI/software projects, and a founder/operator mindset. That combination supports roles and ventures across cybersecurity, AI automation, technical leadership, consulting, and startup execution.

I build systems that are practical first: agent workflows that save time, debate simulation that supports civic reasoning, computer-vision tools that make data useful, and security controls that keep automation accountable.

The Human Rights First fellowship and Debate Bot work reflect the same through-line: applied technology should help people make better decisions.

Identity
Security · Automation · Applied AI
Builder at the intersection of all three
Foundation
24 Years Army Leadership
5 combat deployments · Bronze Star × 3, including one for Valor
Education
UC Berkeley MICS
Master of Information and Cybersecurity, 2024
Location
Greater Honolulu Area, Hawaii
Open to remote and hybrid opportunities

Proof of work.

Across AI automation, cybersecurity, and product building.

🚀Deployed

OpsPilotAI

Deployed AI operations and automation platform for turning messy client requests into structured workflow briefs, risk notes, and implementation plans.

Shows founder/operator judgment around applied AI, client intake, decision support, deployment hygiene, and public-safe demo framing.
FastAPIJavaScriptVercelAI Workflows
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🔒Operational

Rules of Engagement

Policy-as-code framework for defining what autonomous agents may read, write, execute, or escalate before touching sensitive systems.

Shows security-first agent design: explicit authorization boundaries, reviewable policies, deny-by-default behavior, and auditable control decisions.
PythonPolicy-as-CodeYAMLAgent Governance
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🤖Operational

Hermes Agent System

Public-safe agent orchestration concept for delegated coding, research synthesis, scheduled reporting, and tool-governed workflow automation.

Demonstrates practical agent operations beyond demos: scoped delegation, durable task context, bounded tool use, and reviewable automation loops.
AI AgentsPythonTypeScriptLocal-First
🗳️Deployed

Debate Bot

Deployed RAG-powered political debate simulator connected to Code the Vote and Human Rights First fellowship work, focused on grounded civic reasoning.

Connects applied AI to civic education, policy literacy, source-grounded responses, and decision-support experiences.
RAGLLMsAWS LambdaRetrieval
🍎Prototype

AI Macro Identifier

Food recognition and macro-estimation app using image input, nutrition data, and model-assisted inference to produce useful meal estimates.

Shows end-to-end applied AI product thinking from image capture and API design to structured data, estimates, and user-facing output.
Computer VisionFastAPIUSDA APIML
🎵Prototype

Backseat DJ

QR-based passenger song request app for rideshare drivers, designed around lightweight mobile interaction and low-friction queue management.

Highlights practical full-stack product instincts around fast onboarding, mobile interaction, user flow, and simple operational tooling.
QR FlowsJavaScriptMobile UXProduct
🛡️Research

WatchClaw / OpenClaw

Security monitoring and watchdog concepts for governing autonomous tools, enforcing policy, and making AI-agent behavior auditable.

Reinforces the security foundation behind AI automation: authorization, observability, least privilege, and fail-closed control points.
TypeScriptSecurityAgent SafetyLeast Privilege
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💊Prototype

RX Guard

Healthcare safety prototype for reviewing medication-risk concepts with synthetic staging data and strict public-safe boundaries.

Connects cybersecurity, healthcare context, and responsible AI presentation while keeping protected workflows and sensitive data out of scope.
FastAPIPythonHealthcareRisk Triage

Portfolio evidence.

Working AI-agent systems documented in depth.

Public contribution patterns.

Selected open-source work framed by the concept, public value, and implementation pattern — without private repo details.

↑ whoisjayd/notewise

notewise

Concept: make a brittle auth-dependent learning workflow easier to understand and maintain. The contribution documents SAPISID hashing behavior so future users can debug the YouTube-to-study-notes path without relying on hidden context.

PythonCLIAuth
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OpenClaw

Concept: tighten local safety boundaries for assistant tooling. The contribution hardens localized link-scheme checks so cross-platform AI assistant behavior is more predictable, auditable, and fail-closed.

TypeScriptSecurityAI
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The full picture.

Certifications & Education

UC Berkeley Master of Information and Cybersecurity (MICS)
May 2024 · Lily L. Chang Capstone Award recipient
American Public University B.S. Cybersecurity
Magna Cum Laude · June 2021 · NSA/DHS CAE-C Program
CompTIA Security+
February 2025
IBM Artificial Intelligence Developer
May 2024
Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
April 2024
GitHub Foundations
October 2024

Military Service

U.S. Army — 24 Years Leadership
5 Combat Deployments · Operations · Strategy · Team Development
Bronze Star Medal × 3
Including one for Valor in combat
🎖
Bronze Star with Valor
24 years and 5 combat deployments — building, leading, and executing under real pressure. That foundation runs through every project.

Fellowships & Recognition

Human Rights First Fellowship
Civic AI · Code the Vote connection
Lily L. Chang Capstone Award
NFC Sentinel · UC Berkeley MICS

Let's work together.

Available for cybersecurity, AI automation, and technical leadership opportunities. Best entry points are LinkedIn, GitHub, and project-specific demos.