Michael Schrenk

Michael Schrenk has developed software that collects and processes information for some of the biggest news agencies in Europe. Additionally, he has lectured at journalism conferences in Belgium, The Netherlands, and created several weekend workshops for The Centre for Investigative Journalism in London. Mike has also consulted on information security everywhere from Moscow to Silicon Valley, and most places in between. Along the way, he’s been interviewed by BBC, The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, and many others. In addition to his interest in Journalism, Mike conducts a Competitive Intelligence consultancy in Las Vegas and is the author of “Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers” (San Francisco: No Starch Press, 2012). Michael Schrenk is also an eight-time speaker at the notorious DEF CON hacking conference.