Michael Manley is a self-taught technical support specialist and founder with over a decade of hands-on experience managing servers, networks, and end-user systems across Windows, Linux, ESXi/XCP-ng and Cisco/Ubiquiti environments. As CEO and Chief Software Architect of Wise Global Solutions since 2008, he blends entrepreneurial drive with practical engineering—writing utilities for inventory and refurb workflows and contributing cross-platform build and tooling fixes to open-source projects like PCem. He is fluent in numerous languages (C#, C/C++, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Delphi, VB6) and has a track record of improving build systems, portability, and deployment automation. Michael excels at troubleshooting complex infrastructure problems and rapidly learning new technologies, having moved between senior sysadmin roles and customer-facing technical support. Based in Riverside, CA, he pairs deep low-level technical skills with a pragmatic focus on operational reliability and serviceability.
Contributions:1 release, 104 commits, 48 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Michael's contributions primarily involved refactoring and converting the build system from Autotools to CMake. This included adding ALSA support, fixing build workflows for different operating systems, and correcting C/C++ flags. The user also made changes to the minivhd library, moving headers and fixing issues related to Windows builds. Furthermore, they rearranged files and added include guards, indicating a focus on improving code organization and cross-platform compatibility.
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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Michael Manley - Technical Support Specialist at CresLane