Michael K.

Michael K. has extensive work experience in IT leadership roles. Currently, they are the Senior Director of IT at McGrath RentCorp, where they are responsible for leading the strategy, design, development, and operations of all corporate systems. Prior to that, they worked as an Independent Technical Consultant and Acting CTO for two startup ventures, where they provided recommendations on application architecture, technology stack, and cloud migration. Before that, they served as the Senior Director of Application Development at MedData, where they were responsible for the strategy, development, implementation, and support of healthcare revenue cycle management software applications. Michael also held the role of Executive Director of Application Development and Support at MedData, overseeing enterprise-level applications management. Earlier in their career, they held various IT leadership positions at Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, where they led teams to provide IT services and managed back-office enterprise applications. Michael also worked as a Director of Software Development at ARC Systems, where they led multidisciplinary teams and developed automated loan origination applications. Overall, Michael K. has a strong background in IT leadership, strategy, and development.

Michael K. studied Computer Technology, Information Systems at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in the field of Information Technology. Additionally, they obtained several certifications including "Architecting with Google Compute Engine Specialization" and "Elastic Google Cloud Infrastructure: Scaling and Automation" from Coursera in June 2020 and April 2020 respectively. Michael also obtained certifications such as "DevOps Essentials," "Kubernetes in Google Cloud," and "Serverless Web Apps using Amazon DynamoDB" from Qwiklabs in June 2020. Some of their earlier certifications include "Certified SAFe® 5 DevOps Practitioner" from Scaled Agile, Inc. in March 2020, "Google Cloud Platform Essentials" from Qwiklabs in November 2019, "Certified SAFe® 4 DevOps Practitioner" from Scaled Agile, Inc. in April 2019, and "ITIL Foundations" from CSME in October 2011.