Summary
Mike Battles is a Senior Principal Architect with 11 years of experience focused on solving large-scale business problems through simple, resilient, and maintainable technology solutions. Based in Vienna, Virginia, he has spent his career at Red Hat advising public sector and enterprise clients on middleware integrations, SDLC alignment, and risk mitigation across healthcare, telecom, finance, defense, and civilian agencies. He blends deep technical expertise with pragmatic business understanding, often tailoring solutions and guiding delivery teams through complex political and technical constraints. Known for actively avoiding unnecessary complexity, he has led engagements from solo pilots to multi-consultant strategic deliveries across three countries. What sets him apart is his focus on practical, auditable outcomes—translating high-level objectives into implementable architectures that reduce long-term operational risk.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Information Science, BS, Information Science at Christopher Newport University
English