Michael Hixson
Unemployed at Home
Inverness, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Hixson is a telecommunications and network engineer with over two decades of experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting voice and data switching systems, SS7 signaling, and fiber/CPE installations. He has led international voice services and earned a Worldwide Network Engineering Award at Qwest, contributed to major integrations such as the AT&T/Cingular 911 translation effort, and supported Alcatel-Lucent and Calix deployments across diverse environments. More recently he has practical hands-on experience with cell site upgrades and Calix fiber installations, and has complemented his telecom expertise with backend software contributions—adding Dart and PostgreSQL benchmarks to the widely used TechEmpower FrameworkBenchmarks project. Based in Inverness, Florida, he holds a BS in Information Technology and an MBA, and is known for combining deep legacy switching knowledge with ongoing learning in modern network and backend technologies.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General, 3.84, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General, 3.84 at University of Phoenix
Github Skills (10)
benchmarking10
benchmark10
web-development10
dart10
postgresql10
backend10
web-application10
webapp10
back-end-development10
mustache9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
TechEmpower/FrameworkBenchmarks
May 2013 - Jul 2022
Source for the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:390 commits, 373 PRs, 140 pushes in 9 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the backend development of the TechEmpower Framework Benchmarks project. Their work included adding benchmark implementations for Dart, specifically creating the necessary server-side code for JSON, database query, fortunes, and updates tests. The user also modified the setup script to configure the database settings. They demonstrated proficiency in Dart, PostgreSQL, and the use of frameworks like mustache and PostgreSQL libraries within the context of web application performance benchmarking.
techempowerframeworkbenchmarkperformancebenchmarks
michaelhixson/FrameworkBenchmarks
Feb 2017 - Jul 2022
Source code for the framework benchmarking project
Contributions:402 pushes, 236 branches in 5 years 5 months
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