Resume

1. Fractional CTO, Freelancer -— Aug 2024 - Present

   Experienced technology executive with 13+ years of expertise in technology strategy, product development, and digital transformation for startups and SMEs. Skilled in technology roadmap development, team leadership, vendor management, and risk mitigation. Expertise in technology stack selection, cost optimization, and scalability planning to drive innovation and business growth. Proven ability to align technology investments with business objectives while ensuring efficiency, security, and long-term scalability.
2. Drupal Backend Developer (Contractor) -- Feb 2018 - Present

   Experienced Drupal Backend Developer specializing in Drupal Commerce, custom module development, security and performance optimization. Skilled in API integrations (payment gateways, shipping, Hubspot, CRM, Spotme, SSO), Drupal migrations (D7 to D10), and security enhancements (unhacking, troubleshooting). Expertise in LAMP stack architecture, website globalization (GDPR, multilingual, multicurrency, geo-location), and optimizing hosting environments. Experience with new builds, feature enhancements, bug fixes, and ongoing Drupal maintenance. Led development teams, trained new developers, and provided project estimations and technical leadership.
3. Origin Eight / Senior Developer -- Jul 2014 - Mar 2020

   Experienced Scrum Master and Drupal Development Lead with expertise in Drupal 7 & 8, including Commerce, REST API development, and migrations. Skilled in front-end and back-end development, systems integration across cloud and on-premise platforms, and architecture on Pantheon and Acquia. Provides technical assessments, maintenance, and support for internal and client projects while serving as a technical backstop during deployments and go-live events.
4. Trail 9 / Lead Developer -- Apr 2013 - Jun 2019

   Experienced Drupal 7 & 8 Developer specializing in Commerce, REST APIs, and migrations, with expertise in custom API development and back-office integrations. Skilled in Linux architecture, security, and LAMP stack performance tuning, including Varnish, Memcache, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP, and PHP-FPM. Serves as a Pre-Sales and Solutions Engineering SME for enterprise clients and provides assessments, maintenance, and support for Drupal and WordPress websites. Led development teams, trained new developers, and provided project estimations and technical leadership.
5. Digital Bridge Solutions / Web Developer Technical Analyst -- Nov 2012 - Jul 2014

   Experienced Drupal and Magento Developer with expertise in frontend and backend development, upgrades, and migrations (Drupal 6 & 7, Magento). Skilled in Linux systems engineering, administration, optimization, and security. Led development teams, trained new developers, and provided project estimations and technical leadership.
6. Boru Inc. / PHP/MySQL Application Support Associate -- Apr 2011 - Oct 2011

   • Maintain Boru’s Drupal website and Wiki
   • Support for vTiger CRM, vTiger-Google Application Integration, vTiger-QuickBooks Integration and Web2project
   • Deploy, configure and maintain Boru’s software
   • Assist in maintaining SVN infrastructure
   • Manage projects and overseas team

Education

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Purdue University — Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, 2004-2010

Skills

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Technology Leadership & Strategy

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• Fractional CTO services for startups and SMEs
• Technology roadmap development aligned with business objectives
• Product development and innovation, from concept to deployment
• Scalability planning for long-term business growth
• Vendor and partner management to ensure value-driven technology investments
• Risk management and cost optimization for efficient technology spending ###Drupal Development
• Expertise in Drupal 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 frontend and backend development
• Drupal Commerce (1.x & 2.x): Custom checkout, multi-currency, geo-location, and integrations
• Custom REST API design and development for system integrations
• Drupal migrations and upgrades (D6 to D7, D7 to D8/D9, D8/D9 to D9, D10, D11)
• Troubleshooting, debugging, securing and optimizing custom modules and themes
• System Architecture & Performance Optimization
• Linux system engineering, administration, security, and optimization
• LAMP stack expert: Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP, PHP-FPM
• Performance tuning with Varnish, Redis, Memcache, and caching strategies
• Cloud and on-premises infrastructure design, deployment, and maintenance
• Architecture and development on AWS, Pantheon, Platform.sh and Acquia

Project Leadership & Agile Development

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• Scrum Master and Scrum framework team lead
• Led development teams, trained new developers, and provided technical mentorship
• Served as a technical backstop for go-live events and major deployments
• Conducted project estimations, pre-sales engineering, and solutions architecture

Website Support & Maintenance

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• Provided assessments, ongoing support, and maintenance for Drupal and WordPress websites
• Expertise in website globalization, including GDPR compliance, multilingual, multi multi-currency and geo-location
• Unhacking, restoring, and securing compromised Drupal sites

Recommendations

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Jordan Perkins - Oomph Inc.

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Michael is a skilled Drupal developer. I had the pleasure of working with him for a few years on a complex health and wellness client. He has keen attention to detail, is a consistent and concise communicator, highly focused on QA and quality code and an integral member of the team. He’s at the top of my list whenever I need to scale my project teams. Michael Williamson - Trophy Cupcakes I’ve worked with and managed many developers over the 30 years I’ve been in the field. Mike is one of the best I’ve ever worked with. Highly recommended.

Mark Marich - genglobal.org

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Michael was exactly what we needed for the task. He immediately assessed our site, stabilized it and worked through a long and detailed list of issues to enhance site performance – including an upgrade from Drupal 8 to Drupal 9. His work on the initial project turned out so well that we kept it open and kept him on as a regular consultant for a couple years.

Brian Thopsey - fundwisdom.com

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I would re-hire Michael in a heartbeat. He was an amazing help running server administration of a multi-site Drupal environment, moving and enhancing the infrastructure.

Sean Procyshyn - Do Yoga With Me

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Michael is a pleasure to work with. Highly motivated, excellent communicator and attention to detail. We highly recommend his services.

Crystal Rose - Learningsolutionsmag.com

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Michael was very responsive and fixed our problems with our Drupal site promptly and to our satisfaction, explaining options and working within budgets. If we find ourselves in need of Drupal support in the future, we will definitely contact him.

Brian Michaelis - Origin Eight

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Mike and I worked as a team managing dozens of client-facing projects. Mike’s, background and experience as a Drupal developer, along with an exchange of ideas, shows in the many successful system upgrades / launches.I’d (and will) work with Mike again if the opportunity should arise. When it comes to web development, Drupal, Drupal Commerce, Drupal Migrations, PHP, and MySQL - Mike has my highest recommendation.