Michael Gillett
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.
11 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 (10)
launchdarkly9
feature-management6
angularjs4
microsoft4
javascript3
sass3
css3
angular3
windows2
fluent-design1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
MichaelGillett/GuidelinesDev
Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:29 commits, 14 PRs, 20 pushes in 5 months
sasswindowscssjavascripthosted
MichaelGillett/MicrosoftCardGame
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
A fun Card Game related to, but not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft.
Contributions:14 commits, 3 PRs, 13 pushes in 7 months
microsoftcard-gamegame-related
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