Michael Dahlgren
Anisble Sales Specialist at Red Hat
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Dahlgren is an experienced IT and cloud automation leader with 26 years in the field, currently driving Ansible sales and adoption at Red Hat across the Midwest. He blends technical depth—having served as Chief Architect, Principal Cloud Solution Architect, and manager of solution architecture—with hands-on open source contributions, notably UX and backend improvements to the widely used ManageIQ platform. An MBA and longtime advocate for open source, Michael focuses on empowering teams through automation, clear communication, and pragmatic reference architectures that deliver measurable business value. He’s equally comfortable leading technical strategy with executives and rolling up his sleeves to refine user-facing workflows, a balance reflected in both his enterprise work and his commit history.
26 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business, Master of Business Administration (MBA) Business at University of Nebraska-Lincoln (MBA)Business Entrepreneurship Economics, Business Entrepreneurship Economics at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Github Skills (22)
ruby-rails10
catalog10
rails10
ruby10
uid10
manageiq10
web-application9
translation9
develop9
user-interface9
ui-design9
graphical-user-interface9
yaml9
front-end-development9
application9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ManageIQ/manageiq
Jul 2016 - Jan 2018
ManageIQ Open-Source Management Platform
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 15 PRs, 24 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael focused on cleaning up and simplifying catalog removal menu items and related text within the ManageIQ platform. Their work involved modifying several helper files to update button labels, confirm messages, and other text elements associated with removing catalog items and infrastructure providers. Furthermore, they updated translation strings in `config/yaml_strings.rb` to streamline removal-related messaging and terminology used across the application. These changes improve the user experience and clarify actions within the application.
manageiqrubyrailscloudcontainers
ManageIQ/manageiq-ui-classic
Jul 2016 - Oct 2016
Classic UI of ManageIQ
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:22 commits in 3 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on cleaning up and simplifying removal messages and UI elements within the ManageIQ UI. Their commits involved modifying various application helper files related to toolbars, updating text, and adjusting the visibility/functionality of delete buttons across multiple sections. This included updates for catalog items, infrastructure providers, orchestration stacks, and other components within the ManageIQ user interface. These changes contribute to improving the user experience by providing clearer messaging and more streamlined actions.
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