Michael Breeden

Michael Breeden has a strong background in software development and application architecture. Michael started their career in 1996 as a Software Engineer at Equinox Industries Inc. Michael then worked as a Web Developer at UCLA, where they developed C# utilities and Windows services for web requests related to Active Directory and Exchange Server Accounts.

In 2008, Michael joined Blackboard as a Software Developer. Michael later joined Warner Pacific Insurance Services as a Software Engineer, where they created and updated web pages for the primary public-facing website and internal administration tool. Their work involved using C# and ASP and incorporating sophisticated business objects and Infragistics components.

In 2010, Michael became an Application Developer at Bank of America. In this role, they enhanced and modified an entity framework web application using C# and SQL. Michael was responsible for the complete development cycle, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, documentation, and release. Michael also created and updated internal and external business web pages and Windows applications.

Additionally, Michael has worked as an Application Developer at Open Road - Bridgestone Commercial Solutions and Tricerat. At Open Road, they primarily focused on web page development using jQuery AJAX and a Python Django MVC backend. At Tricerat, they created a Mobile Web Admin Interface using MVC 4 with Razor in Visual Studio 2012 and .Net 4.5.

Most recently, Michael has been working as a Senior System Architect at Magellan Health since 2014. In this role, they designed and released a distributed enterprise application for high volume client communications. Michael developed a multi-threaded, high-performance module with scalability in mind to replace an existing system. Michael has also added three Business Units with different requirements to the application.

Overall, Michael Breeden has a diverse range of experience in software development, web development, and application architecture, with expertise in various programming languages and frameworks.

Michael Breeden obtained a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, from 1974 to 1978. In addition to their degree, they have obtained several certifications, including "Asking for and Getting What You Want," "Learning Design Sprints," "Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Web API 2.2," "How to Fix Bad Agile," "Async Programming in C#," "Software Architecture: Patterns for Developers," and "AWS Infrastructure as Code for Software Developers" from LinkedIn. Michael also completed courses such as "Amazon S3 Mastery - THE How-To' Guides For Amazon S3," "Designing AWS Environments," "Hosting your static website on Amazon AWS S3," "Amazon Web Services - Learning and Implementing AWS Solution," and "Introduction to Windows Azure Programming" from Udemy. Additionally, they completed a course titled "Getting Started: Agile Meets Design Thinking" from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.