Michael Kaply
Senior Technical Partner Manager at Mozilla
Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Kaply is a senior technical partner manager and longtime Firefox expert with 25+ years in browser development and nearly two decades of enterprise-focused experience. He leads Firefox Enterprise efforts and helps organizations embed lasting business value in the browser by building custom add-ons, distributions, and deployment tooling. A hands-on engineer versed in C/C++, JavaScript, XUL, XPCOM and policy documentation, he has shipped browser customizations for over 50 clients and contributed to high-profile Mozilla projects including Firefox for iOS and the official Firefox policy-templates. Formerly a Mozilla technical lead and IBM browser advocate, he pairs deep product knowledge with practical deployment expertise—often surfacing uncommon edge-case solutions for localization, search engine behavior, and enterprise policy management. Based in New Hampshire, he combines technical authorship and coding to make browsers both customizable and enterprise-ready.
19 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Highland High SchoolBachelor of Science Computer Science Math, Bachelor of Science Computer Science Math at Southern Methodist University
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Github Skills (22)
javascript10
technical-writing10
testing10
browser10
html10
swift10
documentation10
ios-application10
browser-extension9
xctest9
firefox-addon9
uitest9
firefox9
telemetry8
localization8
Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
mozilla/policy-templates
Feb 2018 - Jan 2023
Policy Templates for Firefox
Role in this project:
Technical Writer
Technical WriterContributions:80 releases, 12 reviews, 758 commits in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributes to documenting Firefox policy templates. Their work involves creating and updating HTML documentation, including tables, descriptions, and examples for various Firefox policies. The commits demonstrate an understanding of the structure and presentation of technical documentation, with a focus on clarity and completeness. The user also adds details such as data types, registry locations, CCK2 equivalents, and supported versions.
policyfirefoxmozillathunderbird
mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios
Apr 2016 - Feb 2022
Firefox for iOS
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:15 commits, 16 PRs, 20 comments in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the Firefox for iOS project by modifying and updating search engine configurations and functionalities. They addressed issues related to default search engine settings, specifically for different locales, and updated the search configurations. Additionally, they adapted the codebase to leverage preferred language settings and resolved issues related to search engine parsing and the removal of obsolete search engines. This work demonstrates a focus on enhancing search engine usability and adapting the application to regional preferences.
firefoxbrowserios-appswiftios
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