Michael Erpenbeck
Founder & Chief Excitement Officer at Technically Beekeeping
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Erpenbeck is a founder and hands-on engineering leader with 11 years of experience transforming teams into collaborative, high-performing DevOps organizations that deliver complex systems faster and more securely. He has led global DevOps, SRE, and enablement functions across AWS and Azure, driving rapid cloud migrations, SOC2 readiness, and measurable improvements in uptime, deployment frequency, and cost optimization. Known for a people-first leadership style, he empowers teams with autonomy, transparency, and purpose while aligning process and tooling to maximize business value. Technically grounded in the Microsoft stack (.NET, C#, Azure) and practical automation (Terraform, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps), he pairs strategic vision with hands-on execution—evident in dramatic reductions in deployment costs and ticket cycle times. Michael also advocates for STEM education and shares his craft at industry events, blending community engagement with enterprise transformation. As Founder & Chief Excitement Officer at Technically Beekeeping, he continues to translate engineering culture into measurable outcomes for organizations.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MS Coursework Computer Science, MS Coursework Computer Science at DePaul UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at Northern Kentucky University
German
Stackoverflow
563reputation
36kreached
11answers
3questions
Github Skills (64)
hubot10
azure-devops-services10
migration10
tfs10
azure-boards9
chocolatey9
chat9
robot9
migrate9
azure8
powershell8
azure-devops8
azure-cli8
artifacts8
robotics8
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
GitMje/merge_example
Dec 2016 - Mar 2021
Contributions:64 pushes, 9 branches in 4 years 4 months
GitMje/db_deployment_talk
Nov 2016 - Oct 2020
Contributions:8 commits, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
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