Michael Boulton
Board Member at Alzheimer Society of Brant, Haldimand Norfolk, Hamilton Halton
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Boulton is a seasoned technology executive and board member with 13 years of focused experience transforming organizations through cloud, Big Data, and AI/ML to drive revenue and operational improvements. Currently CTO at Farm Mutual Re and a board member of the Alzheimer Society of Brant, Haldimand Norfolk, Hamilton Halton, he has led large teams and multimillion-dollar budgets across media, finance, and health sectors. He has a track record of delivering end-to-end solutions—automation, billing, compliance, and customer support—that materially improved CSAT and generated eight-figure business outcomes. Michael pairs strategic leadership with hands-on engineering: his open-source contributions include enhancing REST API test tooling and front-end benchmark implementations. Known for building high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams, he emphasizes succession planning and regulatory-compliant, cost-effective technology. His background in both humanities and applied IT gives him uncommon perspective on customer-centric technology strategy.
13 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
IT Applied Information Technology, IT Applied Information Technology at iti Information Technology InstituteBachelor of Arts - BA History/Sociology, Bachelor of Arts - BA History/Sociology at Carleton University
French, English
Github Skills (19)
api-rest10
pytest10
python10
testing10
http10
flask-ask10
webpack10
front-end-development10
webpacker10
rest-api10
flask10
rest-test10
api-testing10
test-automation10
mqttnet9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
taverntesting/tavern
Feb 2018 - Jan 2023
A command-line tool and Python library and Pytest plugin for automated testing of RESTful APIs, with a simple, concise and flexible YAML-based syntax
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:2 releases, 24 reviews, 931 commits in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Michael implemented a feature for persistent sessions and cookie handling within the RESTful API testing tool. This involved adding support for expecting cookies in responses, creating an example Flask server demonstrating cookie usage, and modifying existing integration tests to incorporate the new functionality. Additionally, the user introduced support for various TLS options within the MQTT client and added support for specifying custom content type and encoding when uploading files.
command-line-toolpython-libraryyamlpythontest-automation
krausest/js-framework-benchmark
Feb 2019 - Mar 2020
A comparison of the performance of a few popular javascript frameworks
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:59 commits, 3 PRs, 3 comments in 1 year
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the ReasonReact implementation within the JavaScript framework benchmark repository. Their commits included the addition of new files for ReasonReact components, along with changes to the build configuration using webpack and the creation of HTML and index files. The user fixed a bug in the row selection and incorporated additional elements like a jumbotron and updated utility functions for data generation, demonstrating a focus on building and enhancing the user interface of the benchmark.
benchmarkingv8-javascript-enginejavascriptcomparisonframework
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