Michael Blackley

Michael Blackley has extensive work experience in the field of engineering and software development. Michael is currently employed as the Head of Engineering at Open Universities Australia since November 2022. Prior to this, they held the position of Engineering Lead at the same company from March 2020 until December 2022. Before joining Open Universities Australia, Michael worked at REA Group from November 2017 to March 2020 as a Lead Developer and earlier as a Senior Software Developer from February 2017 to November 2017. Michael also has experience as a Software Developer at TAL Direct from December 2011 to February 2017 and at PageUp People from January 2007 to December 2011.

Michael Blackley attended Mooroopna Secondary College from 1999 to 2004. Michael then went on to study at Swinburne University of Technology from 2005 to 2008, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Multimedia with a focus on Software Development. In addition to their formal education, Michael Blackley also obtained certifications from Microsoft, including Microsoft Certified Professional - Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 in February 2013 and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist - ASP.NET Application Development. No information is provided about the month and year of obtaining the latter certification.