Michael Waddell
Senior Software Architect Director Of Information Technology
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Waddell is a senior software architect and Director of Information Technology based in Chicago with over a decade of experience building AI-driven systems to model and analyze large, complex datasets for national defense, homeland security, and public health surveillance. He blends a strong academic foundation—degrees in mathematics, biochemistry/molecular biology, and an M.S. in computer science—with hands-on expertise in secure software architecture and data science (CSSLP certified). At Pangaea he leads architecture and IT strategy while previously applying bioinformatics and statistical analysis to proteomics early in his career. An active open-source contributor, he improved NuGet dependency handling in the well-known Dependabot core, demonstrating cross-language problem solving across Ruby and .NET ecosystems. Colleagues describe him as a practical strategist who translates domain-specific problems into auditable, production-ready AI solutions.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degrees: Mathematics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Master's degree: Computer Science, Bachelor's degrees: Mathematics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology; Master's degree: Computer Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Github Skills (19)
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ruby10
asp-net10
testing9
internet-explorer6
react6
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
dependabot/dependabot-core
Jan 2022 - Sep 2022
🤖 Dependabot's core logic for creating update PRs.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:1 review, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 7 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on enhancing NuGet package dependency handling within the Dependabot core. They implemented support for "devDependencies" in NuGet projects, addressing related issues and modifying file parsing logic. Their work involved updating Ruby-based file parser implementations and updating unit tests to reflect the changes made. The user also contributed to fixing bugs and merging updates related to the .NET ecosystem.
dependenciespythonelmorgslogic
pangaeatech/.github
Jan 2022 - Apr 2025
A collection of publicly available reusable workflows.
Contributions:2 releases, 183 reviews, 170 PRs in 3 years 2 months
reusable-workflowsworkflowsreusableworkflow
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