Mike Olson
VP Project Management Office at Syntax
Aurora, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Olson is a seasoned IT executive with 21 years of experience leading large-scale cloud, data center, and ERP transformation programs, currently heading the PMO for the Americas at Syntax. He built his career scaling a venture-backed enterprise cloud provider through rapid growth—owning compliance (PCI, FedRAMP, ITAR), onboarding, and platform operations—and delivered measurable results like a 30% reduction in data center utility costs and 30x growth with a marquee customer. Mike combines deep technical chops in virtualization, SAP/S4 HANA, and cloud migration with P&L and delivery ownership, having run global professional services and executed 100+ annual disaster recovery exercises. A former founder and product lead, he brings entrepreneurial instincts to structured program management and a pragmatic eye for turning complex compliance and migration challenges into repeatable services.
21 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Information Systems, BS, Computer Information Systems at Saginaw Valley State University
Github Skills (108)
testing10
dropzone10
file-upload10
javascript10
emacs10
shell10
codemirror10
git10
emacs-package10
drag-and-drop10
facebook10
react10
melpa9
browser9
http-response9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
mwolson/transform-jest-deps
Sep 2015 - Nov 2019
Parse the AST, transforming paths in require() calls and other jest-specific calls
Contributions:1 PR, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
requirecallsjestastpaths
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