Summary
Michael Speer is a Senior Software Engineer with 17 years of hands-on experience building and maintaining reliable systems, currently focused at Humana in Louisville, Kentucky. His career spans roles from help-desk and server administration in the USAF to development and operations positions in the private sector, giving him deep end-to-end infrastructure and scripting expertise. Michael excels at translating human requirements into predictable computer behavior—bringing pragmatic automation and systems thinking to complex enterprise environments. He spent nearly a decade at DNS.com and prior roles as a primary system administrator, which sharpened his skills in server domains, scripting, and operational resilience. Colleagues know him for steady, practical problem-solving and a focus on maintainable solutions rather than flashy innovations. Outside of titles, his work reflects a strong bias toward reliability and making systems do exactly what people need.
17 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
English