Michael Pavlak
CEO at Visual Chimera
Detroit, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Pavlak is a Detroit-based software engineer and CEO with 11 years of experience building robust, enterprise-grade reporting and BI systems. He designed and implemented multi-tier architectures and WCF-based services to query OLAP cubes, led teams as a technical lead, and frequently presented internal trainings and company conferences. As founder of Visual Chimera he combines hands-on engineering with product leadership, consistently shipping high-performance diagnostics, reporting, and exportable presentation layers (Excel, PDF, email). He is known for deep practical skills across C#, SQL/MDX, C++, and web SPAs, and for mentoring peers through pair programming and rigorous code review. Outside of work he invests hours weekly into learning emerging technologies, and his background includes a graduate degree from the University of Michigan and early work on simulation and data-aggregation tooling.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
M.S.E Computer Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, GPA: 6.166, M.S.E Computer Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, GPA: 6.166 at University of MichiganB.S. Computer Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, GPA: 3.60, B.S. Computer Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, GPA: 3.60 at Lehigh University
English
Stackoverflow
2,203reputation
872kreached
55answers
50questions
azure
top-5%
Github Skills (84)
javascript10
typescript10
azure-cosmos-db9
azure9
typechecker9
xamarin-forms9
dotnet8
azure-webjobs-sdk8
rendering8
azure-functions8
xamarin8
rendering-engine7
quickbooks7
maui7
pixijs7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
spelltwister/CodedUIFluentExtensions
Nov 2014 - Feb 2018
Fluent Syntax for Coded UI
Contributions:80 commits, 4 PRs, 64 pushes in 3 years 3 months
fluent
spelltwister/CaptainPav.Images.Optimization
Sep 2017 - Jun 2020
Library to manage importing images into azure storage and optimizing them using the Kraken Image Optimizer.
Contributions:1 PR, 8 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 9 months
image-optimizationimportingimage-optimizerkrakenoptimizer
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