Michael Kalas Email & Phone Number

A technology leader responsible for advocating and managing both sophisticated and agile teams and software. As an early member to the SodaHead engineering team, I have been at the forefront of what can make or break a successful company. While primarily engaged with the engineering team, I was also influential in product development, advertising and marketing, and as a visionary as part of positioning SodaHead as a front-runner in its respective industry.I have an excellent knowledge for building scalable, distributed architecture, while deploying primarily all open source technologies. I keep abreast all of the latest, web technologies, so that my team can use the best tools for our jobs -- building high-transaction and high-availability applications. I have personally been responsible for analysis, design, and deployment of complex systems to bring SodaHead to market.I am a proponent of developers that are involved at all levels of their software stack, which involves a responsibility in growing developers. As well, I am an advocate of the DevOps movement, as an extension to the engineering team being involved throughout the entire lifecycle of software development. Finally, rounding out a products lifecycle would not be without influencing product direction, which my engineers are also encouraged to take part.