Michael Santos

Michael Santos is a software engineer who is currently employed at the New York Stem Cell Foundation. Prior to their current position, they worked as a .NET developer for The New Teacher Project from November 2014 to September 2019. In their role, they were responsible for development, QA, client support, and release management for an applicant tracking system, reporting & analysis solution, and a classroom observation tool.

During their time at The New Teacher Project, Santos worked on TeacherTrack 2, a applicant tracking system that facilitates educator recruitment, training, and certification pipelines. Michael also worked on Insight Reporting Services, a reporting & analysis solution that uses data from the Instructional Culture Insight Survey to inform key stakeholders of the impact of school culture on educator/student success. In addition, they worked on Argus, a lightweight teacher observation tool that facilitates in-classroom teacher evaluations.

Santos has experience with DevOps and has implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines. Michael is also experienced with testing and QA, conducting manual and automated regression testing. As a Scrum Master, they conducted new feature demos to key stakeholders and was responsible for the Agile process within the company.

Santos is always looking for ways to optimize applications and reduce technical debt. Michael has conducted SQL Server audits with Brent Ozar scripts and regularly performs NuGet/NPM package upgrades within semantic (minor/patch) versions.

Michael Santos has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Rutgers University and is certified as a ScrumMaster from the Scrum Alliance.