A technical leader and significant individual contributor to Netflix Workstations.Published a Netflix Tech Blog post, SMPTE paper, spoke at conferences including AWS Re: Invent & Strangeloop, and guest on multiple podcasts promoting Netflix Workstations.Technical team leader on distributed system projects, including conception, MVP, delivery, and support.Management of several projects; organizing roadmap, stakeholders, tasks, and demos.Streamlined backend processes with Java Springboot, Spinnaker, Packer & Python to eliminate manual systems and increase automated testing.Developed hiring questions and interviewed prospective teammates.

Michelle is a Professional Speaker who helps engineers and their teams who lack focus maximize their ROI. She has spoken at over 30 conferences, from the Dominican Republic to Copenhagen.

Host and creator of From The Source podcast. I interview working professionals in tech to answer the question of what tech jobs are really like, both the good and the boring. I focus on featuring underrepresented voices with diverse stories of their careers and lives in tech.

Contributed significant technical and leadership work to major initiatives, with a focus on partner integrations.Promoted diversity equity and inclusion by organizing and hosting both internal and external events focused on gender and intersectional awareness Championed mentoring and collaboration both in and out of the backend department.

Responsible for backend development and managing large feature deployments. (70% Coding/30% Project Management)Project management of features requiring cross-departmental coordinationDelegation, prioritization and completion of bugs and features for RESTful APIOptimize endpoints to decrease processing time while scalingDelivering self-service task management tools for operations teamResponsible for improving support processes for entire teamCreation of on-boarding tutorials for all new hires

Responsible for creating and maintaining Web apps for B2B clients(90% Coding/10% Project Management)Designed, implemented and tested new APIs for live appsMaintained and refactored old APIs to streamline servicesResponded to client needs by converting requests into development tasksTrained new developers and provided in-depth code reviewsImplemented task manager (Fireworks) and created ~50 tasksLead redesign of internal wikis to enhance knowledge shareConsistently sprint leader in features, bugs and commitsSaved clients thousands by automating their production pipelines

Responsible for advising all levels of production; designing and implementing new pipelines; hiring, training and managing a teamManaged data for 6 feature films with international teamRecognized with annual company-wide Joule Award for promising employeesReceived PST Idol, voted by peers for innovation, leadership and training Projects: Guardians of the Galaxy, The Interview, Captain America: The Winter Soldier22 Jump Street, Edge of Tomorrow, Alice Through the Looking Glass

Responsible for managing the day shift of a large team while developing critical pipelines3-time winner of department efficiencies challenge, with over 100 to dateDocumented training to streamline on-boarding processDesigned new system using Python for automating I/O for 1200 shotsConstructed a new fast and easy search tool to find previously delivered dataProject: Oz the Great and Powerful

Responsible for managing all of the internal and external data for a production, render wrangling, artist support, image manipulation, adhering to strict security guidelines and writing tools for automation