Summary
Michael Adcock is an M&A researcher and information specialist who turns messy organizational and technical data into clear, actionable intelligence to support strategic decisions. With two decades of software engineering experience, an MLIS from the University of Washington, and a decade in information architecture, he bridges engineering, library science, and research workflows to keep Ringgold’s Identify Database accurate and current. His background spans product engineering for consumer devices, identity authentication projects for government, and scholarly communication programs at Microsoft Research, giving him a rare mix of systems-level technical depth and user-centered information design. Based in Issaquah, WA, he excels at untangling complex metadata and provenance questions that often derail M&A and data integration efforts.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at University of Houston
MLIS, Library and Information Science, MLIS, Library and Information Science at University of Washington