Director, Board of Directors
Michael Montoya joined F5’s Board in 2021. Mr. Montoya serves as Chief Operating Officer of Bluevoyant, an outcomes-based, cloud-native cyber defense platform. He joined the firm in December 2024. From 2019 through December 2024, Mr. Montoya served as Chief Information Security Officer at Equinix. Previously he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Digital Realty and in numerous leadership roles at Microsoft, including as Chief Cybersecurity Officer, Asia, where he led security initiatives and operations for the development and delivery of Microsoft cloud security products and services. Montoya also held leadership positions at FireEye, EMC Corporation, and Avanade Inc. He currently serves as an advisor for several early-stage security companies. Mr. Montoya earned a B.A. degree in Economics from the University of New Mexico.