Mike Madison
Senior Director, Global Web at Zscaler
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMike Madison is a seasoned technical leader and software architect with nearly 20 years of experience designing and delivering large-scale web platforms for enterprise, government, and higher education clients. Currently Director of Web Development at Zscaler, he previously led product strategy and developer experience at Acquia, driving $5M ARR and a 96%+ renewal rate across a 15+ product portfolio. Deeply experienced in Drupal and open source PHP ecosystems, Mike has architected multisite and decoupled solutions and contributed to widely used tooling like Acquia BLT that supports Drupal development and deployment. He blends hands-on engineering and DevOps expertise with people leadership—managing global teams, mentoring architects, and fostering remote collaboration across time zones. Notably, his early work for the New York MTA remains in use by millions of riders, reflecting a career of pragmatic, impact-driven engineering.
9 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Masters, Informatics, Masters, Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington
English
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Github Skills (12)
drupal10
automation10
automations10
php10
roboto10
cicd10
composer9
drush9
configuration-management9
phpunit8
frontend7
asp-net-mvc6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
acquia/blt
Oct 2016 - Nov 2022
Acquia's toolset for automating Drupal 8 and 9 development, testing, and deployment.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:3 releases, 2 reviews, 118 commits in 6 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mike primarily contributed to the automation and development of the Acquia BLT toolset. Their work involved correcting documentation typos, porting frontend tasks, customizing PHPUnit test paths, and removing invalid parameters within the codebase. They also made significant changes to configuration, update hooks, and the inclusion of a security update checker, further showcasing contributions related to build processes and overall tool functionality within a Drupal environment. Their work also involved maintaining and enhancing the deployment process and the integration with Acquia cloud.
acquiadrupaltestingautomationci
mikemadison13/multisite
Feb 2021 - Feb 2023
An example Drupal 9, BLT 12, and Multisite Codebase
Contributions:155 commits, 52 PRs, 133 pushes in 1 year 11 months
drupal
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