Summary
Michael Sync is a Lead Engineer with over two decades of hands-on experience designing and modernizing high-performance, cloud-native systems across industries from online gaming to construction tech and healthcare. He blends deep .NET and cloud expertise (Azure/AWS, EKS, serverless) with practical DevOps and IaC leadership—refactoring monoliths into microservices and automating CI/CD at scale. Michael has led globally distributed teams, advised CTOs on strategic direction, and built engineering organizations while keeping startup velocity through pragmatic solutions. He champions Hypervelocity Engineering, applying AI to accelerate delivery and decision-making, and has authored technical books and spoken widely in the developer community. Unusually, his background ranges from early VB6/desktop systems to modern Elixir/Phoenix and Kubernetes platforms, giving him rare cross-era perspective on sustainable architecture. Based in Melbourne, he combines technical depth with a track record of operationalizing secure, observable, and highly available platforms.
14 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree BSc. in Computing, Bachelor's Degree BSc. in Computing at University of Portsmouth
Diploma in IT Information Technology, Diploma in IT Information Technology at Yangon Technological University
Graduate Certificate of Professional Computing Information Technology, Graduate Certificate of Professional Computing Information Technology at University of Southern Queensland
Burmese, English