Summary
Michael Vavro is a software engineering technical leader with eight years of experience building and guiding teams at Cisco, advancing from engineer to technical leader since 2018. Based in San Jose, he blends hands-on engineering with people-first leadership to deliver reliable, production-grade software across networking and developer tooling domains. A self-taught developer who also builds open-source tools (including work under the gum0 handle), he enjoys creating libraries that accelerate other engineers’ workflows. His background includes independent consulting and research roles, giving him a pragmatic approach to requirements, design, and implementation that balances technical rigor with customer needs.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Irvine