Top Talent like Mike are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Mike Howard

Data Analyst • Full-stack Engineer • Vancouver, BC, CA
Leadership
Start-ups
Programming
Cloud Development
Amazon Web Services
DevOps
Product Development
Agile Project Management
Healthcare
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Full-Time Roles
Contracts
Fractional CTO | Technology Strategist | Cloud Architect | Product Builder | Startup Specialist
Highly successful engineering leader that is focused on building engineering teams that can keep up with the demands of start up business. Building the right thing in earlier stage companies is extremely difficult and I want to make sure we are doing exactly that. By leveraging expertise in rapid-prototyping, experiment-driven product design and continuous delivery, I can help you figure out what is working, what is not and what is important to achieve your business goals. Integrating business strategy and engineering is hard and I am here to make it as painless and efficient as possible

Projects

Hackathon Near-Realtime Chat Translation

An AWS:reInvent Hackthon challenge. Challenge was to build a near real time translation voice to voice for a non-profit organization that matches sponsors with children in third world countries. The application was to take in voice translate it from it spoken language to a target language and speak it out the other side. This was done using AWS services including Amazon Lex, Translate, Polly. It leveraged Lambdas (in Python) and API Gateway to provide a server-less architecture between the services. This project was both a ton of fun and an excellent learning experience in server-less architecture.See More

Work History

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Engineering

Fern HealthIn charge of all engineering operations and initiatives at Fern including: - Architecting the Fern 2.0 on AWS from security to analytics - Ensuring HIPAA and HiTrust compliance - Implementing continuous delivery and JIT planning in to a Lean/DevOps process - Encouraging and promoting rapid innovation, experimentation and data driven product development Achievements include: - Launch of a new mobile and app platform within a year - Racially overhauled security and compliance - Increased releases from less than quarterly to multiple times a day - Moving from manual QA to a lightweight automated process
A

Team Lead

Ayogo HealthJul 2019 - Oct 2021 • 2 yrs 4 mosLead architect reporting to the Director of Engineering. Responsible for the architecture of the platform as well as engineering processes. - Lead the release of a new platform from zero to launch in 9 months - Lead two teams totalling 14 developers - Implemented a new software development process into JIRA which improved visibility into software development metrics. Using this were able to reduce epic cycle time by almost 60% - Worked across multiple initiatives from QA to Data Analytics.
B

Senior Software Engineer and Co-Founder

Bitquill TechnologiesMar 2017 - May 2019 • 2 yrs 3 mos- Senior software engineer working on contract based Big Data Projects for large software companies - Scope of work included everything from testing to micro service development to smaller scale connectively projects. - Most projects involved integrating or building connections between build data platforms and analytics tool. - Part of original founders. Expanded the company to over 20 employees.
S

Sales Engineer

Simba TechnologiesJan 2017 - Mar 2017 • 3 mos- Worked as a technical partner to our sales staff - Responsible for POCs, market research, competitive analysis, preliminary support and onboarding. - Participated in a several sales, a handful of POCs and a major competitor analysis
S

Computer Scientist

Simba TechnologiesMay 2014 - Jan 2016 • 1 yr 9 mos- Worked on a data connectivity project working with Amazon on Redshift - Led an initiative around a framework based approach to tackling NoSQL projects to reduce time to market. - Led a data connectivity project working with Amazon on DynamoDB. Team of 3 - Led a data connectivity project working with Microsoft on Cosmos DB (formally DocumentDB). Team of 4

Education

University of Colorado Boulder

Masters of Engineering, Engineering ManagementSep 2023 - Present
Q

Quantic University

Executive Masters of Business Administration, BusinessNov 2021 - Dec 2022

Thompson Rivers University

Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer ScienceSep 2010 - May 2014
A

Amazon Web Services

Solution Architect Associate, Cloud Architecture2021
A

Amazon Web Services

Cloud Practitioner, Cloud Architecture2020
S

Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Master, Agile Business2022
P

Project Management Institute

Discipled Agile Senior Scrum Master, Agile Business2023

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

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Fractional CTO | Technology Strategist | Cloud Architect | Product Builder | Startup Specialist
Highly successful engineering leader that is focused on building engineering teams that can keep up with the demands of start up business. Building the right thing in earlier stage companies is extremely difficult and I want to make sure we are doing exactly that. By leveraging expertise in rapid-prototyping, experiment-driven product design and continuous delivery, I can help you figure out what is working, what is not and what is important to achieve your business goals. Integrating business strategy and engineering is hard and I am here to make it as painless and efficient as possible

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call

Top Talent like Mike are on Pangea

Pangea, a YC company, connects companies with fractional talent. Fractional hiring allows companies to move faster and work with more specialized talent, while giving talent more flexibility and independence. If you are talent open to fractional work, apply here. If you’re a company looking for high-quality fractional talent, learn more here.

Mike Howard

Data Analyst • Full-stack Engineer • Vancouver, BC, CA
Leadership
Start-ups
Programming
Cloud Development
Amazon Web Services
DevOps
Product Development
Agile Project Management
Healthcare
Available for hire fromNegotiable
Full-Time Roles
Contracts

Projects

Hackathon Near-Realtime Chat Translation

An AWS:reInvent Hackthon challenge. Challenge was to build a near real time translation voice to voice for a non-profit organization that matches sponsors with children in third world countries. The application was to take in voice translate it from it spoken language to a target language and speak it out the other side. This was done using AWS services including Amazon Lex, Translate, Polly. It leveraged Lambdas (in Python) and API Gateway to provide a server-less architecture between the services. This project was both a ton of fun and an excellent learning experience in server-less architecture.

Work History

F

Engineering

Fern HealthIn charge of all engineering operations and initiatives at Fern including: - Architecting the Fern 2.0 on AWS from security to analytics - Ensuring HIPAA and HiTrust compliance - Implementing continuous delivery and JIT planning in to a Lean/DevOps process - Encouraging and promoting rapid innovation, experimentation and data driven product development Achievements include: - Launch of a new mobile and app platform within a year - Racially overhauled security and compliance - Increased releases from less than quarterly to multiple times a day - Moving from manual QA to a lightweight automated process
A

Team Lead

Ayogo HealthJul 2019 - Oct 2021 • 2 yrs 4 mosLead architect reporting to the Director of Engineering. Responsible for the architecture of the platform as well as engineering processes. - Lead the release of a new platform from zero to launch in 9 months - Lead two teams totalling 14 developers - Implemented a new software development process into JIRA which improved visibility into software development metrics. Using this were able to reduce epic cycle time by almost 60% - Worked across multiple initiatives from QA to Data Analytics.
B

Senior Software Engineer and Co-Founder

Bitquill TechnologiesMar 2017 - May 2019 • 2 yrs 3 mos- Senior software engineer working on contract based Big Data Projects for large software companies - Scope of work included everything from testing to micro service development to smaller scale connectively projects. - Most projects involved integrating or building connections between build data platforms and analytics tool. - Part of original founders. Expanded the company to over 20 employees.
S

Sales Engineer

Simba TechnologiesJan 2017 - Mar 2017 • 3 mos- Worked as a technical partner to our sales staff - Responsible for POCs, market research, competitive analysis, preliminary support and onboarding. - Participated in a several sales, a handful of POCs and a major competitor analysis
S

Computer Scientist

Simba TechnologiesMay 2014 - Jan 2016 • 1 yr 9 mos- Worked on a data connectivity project working with Amazon on Redshift - Led an initiative around a framework based approach to tackling NoSQL projects to reduce time to market. - Led a data connectivity project working with Amazon on DynamoDB. Team of 3 - Led a data connectivity project working with Microsoft on Cosmos DB (formally DocumentDB). Team of 4

Education

University of Colorado Boulder

Masters of Engineering, Engineering ManagementSep 2023 - Present
Q

Quantic University

Executive Masters of Business Administration, BusinessNov 2021 - Dec 2022

Thompson Rivers University

Bachelor of Computer Science, Computer ScienceSep 2010 - May 2014
A

Amazon Web Services

Solution Architect Associate, Cloud Architecture2021
A

Amazon Web Services

Cloud Practitioner, Cloud Architecture2020
S

Scrum Alliance

Certified Scrum Master, Agile Business2022
P

Project Management Institute

Discipled Agile Senior Scrum Master, Agile Business2023

How Pangea Works

Effortlessly discover top talent

We’ve distilled the candidate search from endless hours down to just a few minutes. Using Pangea’s AI-powered search tools, you can find top fractional talent able to take on your next project. Our system looks at your company’s niche and your needs to find the perfect match faster than any traditional hiring platform.

Start working with talent today

The top talent on Pangea is ready to get started with you right now. You can message or hire a candidate right from their profile page and start assigning work as soon as they respond. And the best part? Pangea’s fractional contract structure lets you start small and ramp up as your needs change, keeping your costs manageable and your team’s capabliities flexible.

Track work and invoices in one place

Assign tasks, track progress, and complete invoices all on Pangea. We’ve combined every part of the hiring process into one platform to eliminate the miscommunication that’s unavoidable on other freelance platforms. We even send out 1099s to your contractors at the end of the year!

Talk with a Talent Expert

Members of our team are available to help you speed through the hiring process.
Available Now
Book a Call
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