Summary
Mark Gilbert is a solutions-focused technical leader with 12 years of experience delivering enterprise web applications, integrations, and automated data pipelines. He has led teams as a Director of Application Development and currently serves as Solutions Lead, combining hands-on .NET/C#/SQL development with vendor evaluations, CI/CD, and ETL modernization. Mark has built member-facing fintech features (Momentum Checking Tracker), numerous API integrations with core banking and vendors, and introduced operational playbooks that reduced manual work and improved deployment reliability. He’s comfortable across the stack—from SQL Server and SSIS/SSRS to Entity Framework and TeamCity/Octopus—and has repeatedly translated complex business needs into auditable production systems. As a former founder and long-time consultant, he pairs entrepreneurial pragmatism with process discipline and a knack for mentoring and scaling teams. Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, he brings a practical blend of architecture, delivery, and people leadership that drives measurable operational improvements.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science, Philosophy, B.S., Computer Science, Philosophy at Western Michigan University