Mike Kaastra Email & Phone Number

Kitchener, On, Ca

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Skuid has been acquired by Nintex!

My favorite side hustle... keeps me physically active, outdoors, meeting friendly people, and all with the smell of fresh sawdust to boot.I own and operate a Norwood HD36 portable bandsaw mill and take on custom milling projects across the region. Whether it's a single log from your back yard you want to upcycle, or a larger project, let's talk! The resulting live edge and rough cut lumber can be dried and further processed to create that rustic look you're after.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Leading Product Management for Skuid NLX, a low code development platform that enables rapid development of consumer grade applications. POC's in hours or days, and MVP's in weeks.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

InFlight has been acquired by Skuid! Together, Skuid and InFlight offer the most complete solution for enterprises seeking to optimize people, revenue, and customer operations.

Easthampton, Massachusetts, Us

Easthampton, Massachusetts, Us

Kitchener, On, Ca

• Owner for 10+ integration and extensibility (API) solutions in a portfolio that included student system integration, authentication, virtual classrooms, assessments and Ed-Tech Standards.• Collaborated with market segment owners to identify and prioritize strategic investments• Provided portfolio recommendations and decision supporting materials to C and VP level leaders for full product/solution lifecycle from ideation to maintenance, transition/migration and sunset • Represented Desire2Learn on IMS Global Product Steering Committee and Workgroups for Learning Information Services (LIS), OneRoster, and Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI)• Initiated and led several Build/Partner/Buy processes, resulting in new portfolio solutions• Managed partner relationship and cost/pricing analysis for white-labeled virtual classroom and video assessment solution and K-12 focused student information system middleware• Key technical contact for strategic alliances and partners

Kitchener, On, Ca

• Maintained a prioritized backlog of customer & business requirements for implementation teams• Created user stories, led standups and collaborated on solutions for 2-4 engineering teams• Identified, proposed and championed new solutions with Microsoft, Oracle, and Cisco• Prepared sales, marketing, client and support resources for 3rd Party integration solutions

Kitchener, On, Ca

• Proposed, Designed and implemented solutions to issues identified with existing and new 3rd Party integration products with minimal direction from the Product Manager• Gathered requirements, designed and implemented repeatable solutions with strategic partners• Liaised with support, services, and other engineering teams regarding product questions• Managed staging and build environments for active projects

Kitchener, On, Ca

• Gathered requirements, designed and proposed custom solutions for Desire2Learn’s largest Corporate and Educational clients and prospects; emphasizing schedule, low cost and reuse• Managed demo and evaluation environments to ensure sales staff and prospective clients were successful in the demonstration and evaluation of Desire2Learn products• Provided technical assistance in the form of informal Q&A sessions, formal presentations, documentation and samples to Clients, Sales, Support, and Marketing teams• Regularly assisted Sales Representatives in preparing technically accurate, quality proposals• Performed pre and post-sale technical consulting on Desire2Learn products and solutions• Recognized with “ABC - Above and Beyond Contribution” award twice in the first year

Kitchener, On, Ca

• Led requirements gathering sessions for new implementations, upgrades and custom projects with all levels of client stakeholders: CIO, director, technical staff, and end user• Prepared and delivered implementation project plans with durations of weeks to years• Contributed extensively to defining department roles, task differentiation, and team structure as the team increased from one to fifteen members in three years

• Performed extensive use-case analysis, design, implementation and documentation for a handheld banking application for use in Sweden• On-site developer and consultant for customer in Stockholm, Sweden for summer of 2001• Developed a prototype banking application under tight time constraints for the CeBIT 2001 tradeshow, using EPOC C++ on an Ericsson R380 smartphone with one other developer• Taught introductory product course for new development co-ops on four occasions

Mmath, Computer Science

Bsc, Physics And Computing