Michael Gillett
Founder at Goalite
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Gillett is a seasoned software leader and founder with over a decade of experience building cloud-native, .NET and C# systems and leading large engineering organisations. He has run teams of 50+ engineers as Head of Development at Betway and led partner technology strategy across EMEA at Microsoft, combining hands-on architecture and delivery with commercial impact such as doubling cloud revenue for key partners. Technically fluent across back-end microservices, Azure platform services and Umbraco CMS, he pairs that with front-end experience in AngularJS and modern build toolchains. A six-time Microsoft MVP and former Windows Insider community organiser, he blends technical advocacy with product-minded engineering practices like feature management and hypothesis-driven development. He also brings entrepreneurial drive—founding Goalite and launching two social networks as side projects—plus academic depth with an MSc (Distinction) in Computer Science and a First-Class BEng in Electronic Engineering. Notably, he has driven rapid, repeatable cloud deployments through SRE and automation initiatives that cut provisioning from weeks to minutes.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
A Levels, Maths, Physics, Design & Technology and Modern History, A Levels, Maths, Physics, Design & Technology and Modern History at Wycliffe CollegeMaster's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Hertfordshire
Github Skills (7)
css4
angularjs4
microsoft4
javascript3
sass3
angular3
windows2
Github contributions (5)
PacktPublishing/Feature-Management-with-LaunchDarkly
Apr 2021 - Oct 2021
Contributions:14 commits, 11 pushes in 7 months
MichaelGillett/MicrosoftCardGame
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 13 pushes in 7 months
microsoftcard-gamegame-related
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