Summary
Mike Heskamp is a pragmatic software leader and former mechanical engineer with 9 years of professional experience who currently leads Agile teams as Team Lead/Scrum Master at Origami Risk. He blends deep hands-on development (C#, C++, front-end frameworks, automated testing) with systems thinking from his mechanical engineering background to deliver reliable, testable products across cloud and on-prem environments. Previously he led remote teams accelerating feature delivery at Infor, building multi-tenant CPQ frameworks, AWS integrations, and automation for CAD workflows. Mike’s leadership style emphasizes enabling others—he applies strategic vision from his volunteer role leading a Catholic community to place people in roles where they can thrive. Comfortable both in legacy C++/MFC codebases and modern TypeScript/React stacks, he’s known for reducing defects through automated testing and practical process improvements. Outside work he’s an avid outdoorsman and photographer, bringing a tactile, user-focused sensibility to software design.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, M.S. Mechanical Engineering at The Ohio State University