Mike Gardiner

A hands on engineering leader with over 20 years of industry experience in information technology. Demonstrated ability to recruit and hire cross-functional engineering teams, paying close attention to project details for long-term success. A proven track record of building customer facing technical solutions, strategic vision, and product strategy through data driven decision making.

Chief Technology Officer
NanoSoft | Highland, UT
June 2022 - Present
Founded in 2009 as CTO to produce innovative consumer mobile applications for Android and iOS.

• Enhancing iValidCard, consistently ranked in top 50 paid finance apps in Apple’s App Store.
• Maintaining design and development of mobile, web, and wearable apps influenced by users feedback.
• Managing marketing and operations, purchasing and finances keeping the organization 100% profitable.

Technology: AWS, CloudWatch, SES, Amplify, IAM, JavaScript, jQuery, Bootstrap, Java, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Gradle, Swift, SwiftUI, REST, GraphQL, SQLite, Jenkins, Fastlane, Xcode Cloud, Codemagic, CI/CD, Git.

Senior Director of Engineering and Architecture
JobNimbus | Lehi, UT
April 2022 - June 2022
A SaaS based CRM company providing services for exterior contractors.

• Supervised managers, architects, ICs, and QA in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Managed budgets, accounts and vendor relationships reducing operational costs by 30%.
• Evaluated and selected applications to make business process and deliverables more efficient.
• Hired and mentored agile application development teams, architecture guilds, and QA resources.
• Established product strategy and OKRs, collaborating with product management and executive leadership.

Technology: AWS, IAM, ELB, EBS, Cognito, DynamoDB, Lambda, Fargate, Python, S3, ECS, EC2, CloudWatch, SFTP, RDS Postgres, SQL, Docker, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, Typescript, Node.js, C#, .NET Core, React, Angular, JavaScript, Ionic, PHP, Swift, SwiftUI, Java, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Firebase, Gradle, Bitrise, REST, JSon, Kubernetes, Terraform, Yaml, Datadog, Cloudsmith, Linux, Github.

Director of Engineering
JobNimbus | Lehi, UT February
2021 - April 2022
A SaaS based CRM company providing services for exterior contractors.

• Devised strategic mobile-first product vision reducing customer churn 15%.
• Managed managers and over 25 reports at JobNimbus, driving three-year revenue growth 338%.
• Hired and coached agile teams creating supportive culture of psychological safety and teamwork.
• Created career development plan while scaling product engineering over 700% within 14 months.
• Established backend Restful API and data standards friendly to both mobile and web applications.
• Scaled mobile app engineering 1100% while tracking KPIs, user engagement, and customer needs.
• Developed data quality standards and CI/CD pipelines delivering product updates in under 30 minutes.

Technology: AWS, IAM, ELB, EBS, DynamoDB, Lambda, Fargate, Python, S3, ECS, EC2, CloudWatch, SFTP, RDS Postgres, SQL, Docker, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Elasticsearch, Typescript, Node.js, C#, .NET Core, React, Angular, JavaScript, Ionic, PHP, Swift, SwiftUI, Java, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Firebase, Gradle, Bitrise, REST, JSon, Kubernetes, Terraform, Yaml, Datadog, Cloudsmith, Linux, Github.

Chief Technology Officer
NanoSoft | Highland, UT
January 2020 - February 2021
Founded in 2009 at CTO to produce innovative consumer facing mobile applications for Android and iOS.

• Migrated SaaS from GCP to AWS making operations 15% more cost effective.
• Established website to showcase mobile product portfolio aligned with business strategy.
• Created reliable client focused mobile B2C product lines while mitigating technical issues.
• Created iValidCard, consistently ranked in top 50 paid financial apps in Apple's App Store.
• Managed platform architecture, data configuration procedures, and implementation protocols.

Technology: GCP, AWS, CloudWatch, SES, Amplify, JavaScript, jQuery, Java, Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Gradle, Objective-C, Swift, SwiftUI, REST, GraphQL, SQLite, Jenkins, Fastlane, Xcode Cloud, Codemagic, Git, CI/CD.

Senior Mobile Engineer
Adobe | Lehi, UT
June 2019 - January 2020
A software company with a large portfolio of products ranging from image software to cloud services.

• Collaborated with clients to establish specifications and system designs.
• Designed mobile GIS event driven developer client SDKs used by Fortune 500 companies.
• Encouraged continuous improvement through modern engineering practices and new technologies.
• Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs and enhancements.

Technology: Azure, Objective-C, Java, REST, Gradle, Artifactory, Git.

Principal Software Architect and Manager
SirsiDynix | Lehi, UT
August 2014 - May 2019
A multi-tenant SaaS library system for governments, universities, and other higher education organizations.

• Managed software engineering team including coaching, one-on-ones, and performance reviews.
• Architected big data analytics product using Spark and Hadoop which became top sales producer.
• Established NIST Cybersecurity strategic direction, CVE, OWASP monitors, and security reporting.
• Championed effort to increase automated test coverage to from 5% to over 80% across engineering.
• Collaborated closely with product management to establish OKRs, milestones and product roadmap.
• Migrated multi-tenant SaaS library system from AWS to private DevOps environment under one year.

Technology: AWS, VMware, Docker, Java, Spring Boot, Tomcat, Hibernate, jOOQ, Maven, C#, .NET, Python, React, JavaScript, REST, RDS MySQL, SQL, Cloudera, Hadoop, Spark, Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, SaltStack, NGINX, Linux, Windows.

Senior iOS Software Engineer
DishDigital | American Fork, UT
March 2014 - August 2014
A digital media entertainment company for streaming movies and TV content.

• Applied mobile technology leadership and best practices for complex iOS projects.
• Utilized Agile software development methodology to streamline engineering efforts.
• Translated designs into iOS applications, delegating project components to appropriate team members.
• Collaborated with product design team to create new digital entertainment platforms for iOS increasing customer satisfaction 110%.

Technology: Xcode, Objective-C, Storyboards, Java, Ruby, REST, Video, HTTP Streaming.

Senior Software Engineer
FamilySearch | Orem, UT
August 2013 - March 2014
A SaaS genealogy organization providing genealogical tools and resource to their patrons.

• Trained and mentored engineers in EDA to improve overall team performance.
• Improved system performance by making strategic adjustments and resolving bugs.
• Created event-driven services to access genealogical data while maintaining 99.999% availability.
• Shipped public API gateway in AWS to share record data for external partners a month before deadline.

Technology: AWS, Oracle, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, Java, Maven, REST, Linux.

Senior Software Engineer
Blue Coat Systems | Draper, UT
January 2013 - August 2013
A security company purchased by Symantec that provides network and mobile security products.

• Developed public REST interfaces for integrating third-party applications and MDM solutions.
• Authored mobile security B2B SaaS solution while supporting partnerships with Apple and Samsung.
• Headed implementation of mobile security agents for Android mobile applications using Android NDK.

Technology: Android NDK, C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Ruby, REST, Puppet, Linux.

Team Lead and Senior Software Engineer
FamilySearch | Orem, UT
September 2009 - January 2013
A SaaS genealogy organization providing genealogical tools and resource to their patrons.

• Coached team members in RESTful principles necessary to complete job tasks.
• Migrated monolith to a service-oriented architecture reducing deployment time 70%.
• Designed asynchronous messaging system for better scalability, reliability, and versatility.
• Spearheaded genealogical data analysis against global multi-terabyte FamilySearch database.
• Architected REST APIs satisfying requirements, product constraints, and customer experience.
• Evaluated technical skills and knowledge regularly coaching, training, and mentoring individuals.

Technology: Java, JavaScript, HTML, Scala, Maven, REST, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Oracle, Linux.

Chief Architect
Lockheed Martin | South Jordan, UT
January 2005 - September 2009
The worlds largest defense contractor with a large portfolio of hardware and software products.

• Evaluated options and set effective strategies for cost control and performance optimization.
• Applied enterprise software architecture technical skills to create hosted systems for customers.
• Headed architectural oversight for RFPs resulting in winning strategic multimillion dollar program.
• Designed process improvements to automate repetitive tasks, shortening project delivery times 45%.
• Delivered technical capabilities, roadmapping, and direction for R&D efforts across the United States.
• Created enterprise systems for customers in the United States while overseeing technical architectures.

Technology: C, C++, Java, JavaScript, SOAP, Web Services, ActiveMQ, MarkLogic, Oracle, GNU Tool Chain, Linux, Windows.

Weber State University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science