Michael Mikowski
General Manager at Kubuntu Focus
Traverse City, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Mikowski is a seasoned engineering leader and product architect with 13+ years crafting web applications and Linux-based embedded systems, currently serving as General Manager at Kubuntu Focus. He combines hands-on expertise in SPA architecture, JavaScript ecosystems, and OSS—authoring popular libraries like PowerCSS, hi_score and TaffyDB—with operational know-how in PCI, SOX and ISO compliance. Michael has founded, scaled, and exited multiple companies, led teams up to 25 people, and speaks publicly on technical design and tooling rationalization. His strengths lie in creating living documentation, staged release strategies, and feedback systems that shorten cycle times while preserving auditability. An industrial design graduate who also composes music and produced an animated pilot, he brings a rare blend of UX sensibility, systems-level engineering, and entrepreneurial grit.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
LelandBSE, Industrial Design, BSE, Industrial Design at Western Michigan University
English
Stackoverflow
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40answers
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Github Skills (10)
taffydb10
database7
javascript7
mod-perl6
cache-control6
fonts6
mime6
browser6
jquery6
jquery-plugin5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
mmikowski/jquery.event.gevent
Apr 2013 - Apr 2013
Global event plugin to replace lost capability from jQuery 1.9+
Contributions:9 commits in 1 day
jquery
typicaljoe/taffydb
Aug 2012 - Jan 2013
TaffyDB - an open source JavaScript Database for your browser
Contributions:2 commits in 5 months
databasejavascripttaffydb
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