Michael Tilson
CTO at West Cliff Technologies
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Tilson is a seasoned technology executive and CTO with nearly three decades of leadership across startups, growth-stage firms, and public companies, now focused on building community-scale sustainability solutions at Greening Point. He combines deep product and engineering experience—spanning web-delivered services, cloud/native architectures, and customer operations—with a proven track record in enterprise sales, professional services, and M&A-era transitions. Michael has run engineering, product, and operations teams as CIO/VP/CEO-level leader, guiding organizations through IPO, turnaround, and acquisition phases while favoring roles at 50–500 employee companies. Based in California, he also advises via his consulting vehicle, West Cliff Technologies, bringing practical hands-on strategy when capacity allows. Notably, his current work translates technical integration of clean-tech products into measurable community carbon-reduction programs, blending technical rigor with public-sector and utility engagement. His academic background includes an M.Sc. from the University of Toronto and a B.Sc. from the University of Michigan, reflecting long-standing technical and managerial depth.
9 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., B.Sc. at University of MichiganM.Sc., M.Sc. at University of Toronto
Github Skills (81)
http10
web-development10
javascript10
user-guide10
linode10
kubernetes10
documentation10
amazon10
docker10
css10
sts10
continuous-testing9
vpn9
fundamentals9
html9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
mtilson/dockovpn
Jun 2017 - Jan 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes in 2 years 7 months
vpndockerrecipeopenvpn
mtilson/user-data
Jun 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:44 commits, 41 pushes, 1 issue in 4 months
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