Mike Szumlinski
Chief Technology Officer - Field at Backlight
Walled Lake, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Szumlinski is a media technology executive with 14 years of experience building bridges between media & entertainment workflows and traditional IT, now serving as Chief Technology Officer - Field at Backlight. He has led commercial, product, and revenue functions across iconik, Cantemo, and Backlight, combining hands-on technical fluency with go-to-market leadership for global channel and customer success programs. Owner of a manufacturer and channel services firm for a decade, Mike is adept at translating complex broadcast and post-production needs into practical IT solutions. Based in Walled Lake, Michigan, he pairs strategic product thinking with field-facing delivery—and when not solving workflow challenges he’s likely playing guitar or dismantling one of his many cars, a sign of his hands-on curiosity.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications - Audio/Video Production, Bachelor's degree, Telecommunications - Audio/Video Production at Michigan State University
Github Skills (6)
portal8
batch6
metadata6
swift5
http3
youtube1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
szumlins/Castor
Jan 2012 - Sep 2012
Contributions:19 commits in 7 months
szumlins/metadata_list_builder
Jul 2017 - Feb 2021
Script to batch load in metadata choice elements for Cantemo Portal
Contributions:4 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 3 years 6 months
elementsportalmetadatabatch
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