Mike Cating

Mike Cating has a diverse work experience spanning more than two decades. Mike is currently working at GAF Energy as the Director of Software. In their previous role at TradeLanes, they served as the Vice President of Engineering. Before that, Mike spent four years at Sunrun as the Senior Manager of Software Reliability.

Prior to Sunrun, Mike worked at AccessData as a Principal Engineer, where they led various search-related projects and oversaw process improvements across a distributed development team. Mike also gained experience at NewsRight, LLC/Associated Press as a Software Engineer, where they were involved in designing software release and deployment processes, implementing deployment automation, and developing change auditing systems.

Before their time at NewsRight, Mike founded and owned Business of Software Consulting, providing their expertise as a consultant. Mike was also a Scrum and Quality Coach at both CCH, A Wolters-Kluwer Business and CT Summation, where they implemented various process improvements to enhance testing repeatability, increase productivity, and deliver successful projects.

Earlier in their career, Mike worked as a Senior Software Engineer at FTI Consulting, where they led a team and implemented TFS unit tests and automated builds to significantly improve code coverage. Mike also gained experience as a Database Project Lead at Uplister, where they were responsible for database design, implementation, and administration.

Overall, Mike Cating has a strong background in software development, project management, and process improvement, with a focus on search technologies, software reliability, and database management.

Mike Cating attended Case Western Reserve University from 1993 to 1997, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering. Additionally, during the same time period, they pursued a Masters of Science degree in Computer Engineering at the same institution.