Michael Cantu is a cloud-focused field engineering leader with 11 years of experience helping enterprises adopt data and infrastructure solutions across Google, AWS, Dell EMC, HPE and now Databricks. Guided by a computer science degree from UT Austin and a master’s in software engineering, he blends hands-on technical depth with pre-sales and customer-facing strategy to translate complex architectures into practical outcomes. He’s led solutions and customer engineering teams for strategic accounts and digital-native customers, frequently operating at the intersection of data platforms and modernization efforts. Based in Austin, he pairs a global technical perspective with a personable, client-first style—often drawing on an engineer’s curiosity and a traveler’s mindset to solve problems creatively.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
Master's Degree Software Engineering, Master's Degree Software Engineering at Penn State World Campus
Exemplary real world application built with React + Redux
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Michael Cantu - Manager Field Engineering at Databricks