Mike 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
19 years of employment as a software developer
Masters Informatics, Masters Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington
Acquia's toolset for automating Drupal 8 and 9 development, testing, and deployment.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Contributions: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.
Contributions:23 commits, 12 PRs, 25 pushes in 2 years 3 months
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Mike Madison - Director, Web Development at Zscaler