Summary
Mike Berger is an experienced software engineer and entrepreneur with over 12 years in hands-on development and more than two decades running his own IT consultancy, San Luis Computer Services. He has deep domain expertise in Windows and embedded systems, having developed ground station software and vehicle firmware for multiple UAV platforms as a Senior Staff Engineer at Edge Autonomy and long-tenured roles building UAV operation software at Jennings Aeronautics. Comfortable across firmware, desktop and web stacks, he has shipped mission-critical systems for aerospace, medical-device compliance, and enterprise backup products dating back to early work at VERITAS and Seagate. Mike balances practical engineering with IT operations and systems administration, a skill set reinforced by managing company networks and FDA-compliant source control implementations. Based in California and grounded in a Computer Science education from Rensselaer, he combines entrepreneurial grit with a track record of reliable, safety-conscious software delivery. An often-overlooked strength is his early leadership in community education as a founding board member and treasurer of Central Coast Code Camp.
12 years of coding experience
36 years of employment as a software developer
Chelmsford High School
UMass Lowell
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science, Computer Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Computer Science, Computer Science at Boston University