Michael Kolb

Michael Kolb has extensive work experience in the software engineering and consulting field. Michael is currently working as a Lead Software Engineer at Whitespace since July 2023. Prior to this, they were a Senior Manager/Consultant at CapTech Consulting from May 2015 to April 2023.

In 2022, Michael held two short-term roles. Michael worked as a Cloud Services Lead at a Fortune 50 Financial Company from August to December 2022. Michael also served as a Cloud Developer for a US-Based Professional Sports League from May to June 2022. In this role, they focused on API middleware layer development using AWS AppSync, GraphQL, Lambda functions, and implemented TypeScript and Node.

Before these roles, Michael worked as a Software Architect at a Fortune 50 Financial Company from April to December 2021. Michael also served as a Consultant/Software Architect for a Fortune 500 Insurance Company from May 2020 to March 2021. Additionally, they worked as a Consultant/Software Architect at CapTech/Fortune 100 Insurance Company from April 2019 to April 2020. In this role, they assisted a client team with integrating a new Salesforce application with legacy mainframe systems using Java, Spring, and Node.js microservices.

Michael also gained experience as a Consultant/Senior Software Engineer at CapTech/Fortune 50 Telecommunications Company from June 2015 to December 2016, and as a Consultant/Data Architect at CapTech/Fortune 50 Financial Company from February to May 2017.

Michael Kolb earned their Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where they studied from 1995 to 1998. Michael later pursued higher education by completing their Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Business Administration at Drexel University's LeBow College of Business from 2007 to 2009. In addition to their academic achievements, Michael has obtained several certifications, including Private Pilot (Airplane, Multi-Engine, Land) with Instrument rating from the FAA in March 2009, SAFe Scrum Master certification from Scaled Agile, Inc. in March 2019, AWS Certified Solutions Architect from Amazon Web Services in February 2019, and the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 certification from Sun Microsystems (specific dates not provided).