Mike Chelen
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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RockstarMichael Chelen is a seasoned digital services and software engineering leader with 17 years of experience driving large-scale modernization across federal agencies, currently advising the VA Office of the CTO on cloud, security, and development lifecycle strategy. He has led the VA.gov Platform and governance for 100+ engineers, delivering services to 17 million monthly users at >99.99% availability while defining standards used by 50+ teams. Equally comfortable in code and policy, he combines hands-on full‑stack and DevOps work (Rails, Node, React, Docker, cloud) with program-level stewardship of IT investments and incident response. His open-source contributions include meaningful feature and refactor work on a Rails case management system supporting reproductive health services, reflecting a commitment to mission-driven software. Known for translating stakeholder goals into measurable technical milestones, he frequently bridges legacy system migration, performance engineering, and modern API/standards work (FHIR for health). Based in Washington, DC, he pairs technical depth with a knack for pragmatic governance that reduces risk and accelerates delivery.
17 years of coding experience
Github Skills (15)
rails10
mongodb10
ruby-on-rails10
mongoid10
erb9
testing9
unit-test9
minitest9
html9
rspec9
bootstra7
bootstrap7
javascript7
jquery6
css5
Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
DARIAEngineering/dcaf_case_management
Jan 2016 - Oct 2017
Rails-based case management system for abortion funds
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:77 commits, 22 PRs, 67 comments in 1 year 9 months
Contributions summary:Mike primarily contributed to the development of a Rails-based case management system. Their commits demonstrate the implementation of features related to call logging and note-taking functionality within the application. They also made modifications to the patient information and abortion information sections, further indicating involvement in various aspects of the application's user interface and backend integration. Furthermore, the user addressed bugs and refactored the application's code.
rails
mchelen/dcaf_case_management
Jan 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 66 pushes, 15 branches in 1 year 10 months
management-systemfundrailsrubyabortion
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