Michael Knowles
Sr Manager, Technology at Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Knowles is a senior technology leader with over 15 years specializing in cybersecurity, risk management, incident response, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, HITRUST). He has driven security and operations transformations across gaming, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors—replacing third-party defenses with in-house systems that increased detection tenfold and leading large cloud migrations of thousands of sites to Azure. Known for blending hands-on engineering (Privileged Access strategy, DevOps automation, Puppet/Python server provisioning) with people leadership, he builds teams that prioritize measurable security improvements and continuous learning. He’s comfortable running high-profile investigations and even covert threat intelligence collection, translating those findings into legal and operational impact. Based in Seattle, he pairs a Computer Science background with a longtime habit of mentoring colleagues and an unexpected passion for Lego that reflects his love of practical, creative problem solving.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of WashingtonSpanish, Spanish at Simon Bolivar Spanish School
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Github Skills (36)
to-do10
react-native9
javascript9
onedrive9
dropbox9
android9
nodejs9
evernote9
nextcloud9
linux8
windows8
electron8
webdav8
ios7
macos7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mapledyne/yaaz
Jul 2016 - Feb 2019
ascension helper scripts for KoLMafia
Contributions:17 PRs, 321 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
helper-scriptskolmafia
mapledyne/mealboard
Jul 2015 - Feb 2025
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 9 years 8 months
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