Michael Wickett is a multidisciplinary product leader and former engineering director with 10+ years building web experiences, currently a Staff Product Manager at Clerk after leading web engineering at HashiCorp. He blends hands-on front-end engineering, UX design, research and growth marketing to create human-centered products that scale—evidenced by contributions improving the websites of major open-source projects like Vault, Consul, Nomad and Terraform. Known for asking tough questions and connecting cross-discipline teams, he moves fluidly between strategy and execution, from architecture and pattern libraries to go-to-market messaging. Based in Ontario, Canada, he also consults with small businesses and taught technology in the not-for-profit sector, bringing a pragmatic, community-minded perspective that surfaces unexpected product opportunities.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Digital Applications, Certificate Digital Applications at Fanshawe College
A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:16 reviews, 41 commits, 23 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the website component of the Vault project. Their work involved fixing font sizes, removing and adding analytics snippets, incorporating a download beta callout, and modifying the order of sections. They also added print styles, removed a whitepaper link, updated alert banners to promote events and announcements, and fixed incorrect content on the website. Their contributions demonstrate a focus on improving the user interface and experience.
Consul is a distributed, highly available, and data center aware solution to connect and configure applications across dynamic, distributed infrastructure.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:30 reviews, 41 commits, 35 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on front-end development within the Consul project, specifically concerning the website. They added and modified UI components, including dropdown menus, image optimization, and an alert banner. Their contributions involved JavaScript and templating languages (like ERB), along with the use of JavaScript libraries and build tools to enhance the user experience of the Consul website. The user also addressed cross-browser compatibility issues.
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Michael Wickett - Staff Product Manager at Clerk.com