Summary
Michael Calizo is a seasoned digital health and AI leader with over a decade of experience architecting cloud-native, open-source-driven solutions across APJ from Canberra. Currently Director of FAHPi’s Digital Health and AI Program and Principal Customer Architect at Elastic, he blends customer advocacy with deep technical guidance in observability, cybersecurity, and enterprise search. His background spans technical account management, solutions architecture, and DevOps leadership at Red Hat and Datacom, where he drove automation, CI/CD, and platform adoption for public sector and enterprise clients. An active open-source advocate and writer, he contributes to opensource.com, Red Hat publications, and hosts the PaNZIT podcast—bridging community storytelling with practical IT insights. Notable for pairing hands-on infrastructure expertise (Unix/Linux, Ansible, OpenShift) with strategic program leadership, he often translates complex technical requirements into measurable business outcomes. He also channels his Filipino-Australian community roots into building inclusive tech networks and health equity initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Tagalog, English