Michael Ridland
CTO Software, Applications And AI
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolMichael Ridland is a seasoned technology leader and CTO with over 20 years of experience building enterprise web, mobile and AI-first products for global brands and startups. He founded and scaled an award-winning software and AI consultancy from a two-person team to 85 consultants, leading large SAAS, ERP and cloud projects for clients like Unilever, Vodafone UK and Kmart. A hands-on engineer and open-source maintainer, he created FreshMvvm and contributed platform-specific improvements to Xamarin.Forms libraries such as SlideOverKit, demonstrating deep mobile UI and cross-platform expertise. Since 2018 he has focused on practical AI adoption—architecting LLM, RAG and agent-based solutions using Azure, AWS and modern toolchains including LangChain and Semantic Kernel. Known for clear communication and trust-building, he combines board-level directorship training with day-to-day delivery instincts to consult across executive and engineering teams. He’s also an experienced international speaker and former Microsoft/Xamarin MVP who bridges community influence with product-focused engineering.
13 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business and Entrepreneurship, Business, Master of Business and Entrepreneurship, Business at The EntourageDirectorships, Directorships at Australian Institute of Company DirectorsDipIT, IT Project Management, DipIT, IT Project Management at TAFE NSWBCompSci(Hons), Computer Security, BCompSci(Hons), Computer Security at University of WollongongWoolooware High School
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Github Skills (20)
ios10
mobile-development10
xamarin10
android-development10
xamarin-forms10
dotnet-core10
csharp10
navigation-drawer9
ui-design9
navigationbar9
navigationview9
front-end-development9
uid9
html6
xamarin-studio6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
XAM-Consulting/SlideOverKit
Mar 2016 - Mar 2021
Easily Create Awesome Slideover's in Xamarin.Forms
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
Contributions summary:Michael appears to be a full-stack developer contributing to a Xamarin.Forms project for creating slide-over menus. They added functionality to the Android and iOS platforms, including handlers and UI elements. Their contributions extend to website updates, and incorporating changes related to layout adjustments and platform-specific implementations. Additionally, they appear to be actively refactoring and refactoring the user interface and ensuring the proper functioning of the slide-over menu, including popups.
user-interfaceslidexamarinxamarin-formsxamarin-android
rid00z/FreshMvvm
May 2015 - Feb 2022
FreshMvvm is a super light Mvvm Framework designed specifically for Xamarin.Forms. It's designed to be Easy, Simple and Flexible.
Role in this project:Mobile Developer (iOS)
Mobile Developer (iOS)Contributions:97 commits, 27 PRs, 74 pushes in 6 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on enhancing the FreshMvvm framework by adding and improving features related to tabbed navigation within Xamarin.Forms iOS projects. Their work included correctly setting and handling icons in tabbed navigation, addressing issues with null image icons, and adding sample code to demonstrate the implementation of tab images. The user also contributed to the project by adding the ability to switch between root pages.
mvvm-lightxamldotnetuwplight
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