Michael Brittlebank

Resume

“Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.”
—
Oscar Wilde

Strategic technology leader with over 14 years of experience driving digital transformation and high-impact software delivery across a wide range of industries

Track record of delivering business value at every stage of implementation and in fostering innovative and high-performing engineering cultures with a continuous growth mindset

Adept at bridging gaps and navigating business, technology, and humanities concerns


Core Expertise: Software Engineering Leadership | Digital Transformation | Agile@Scale Operations | Workforce Planning | Team of Teams Agility | Cloud Architecture (AWS, GCP) | Solutions Architecture | Product, Project, & Portfolio Management

Industry Experience: E-Commerce, Consulting, FinTech, Big Data & Data Visualization, Healthtech/Medtech, Retail, Warehouse Tech, Insurance & Insurtech, Small Business & Business to Business (B2B), Banking & Financial Services


Family first | Lifelong leader, teacher, and coach | Expert generalist

Experience  (Selected)

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

2023–Present — Capital One. McLean, VA, USA

Technology Solution Delivery Manager

2020–2023 — American Family Insurance. Madison, WI, USA

Senior Software Developer

2019–2020 — Blain Supply. Janesville, WI, USA

Senior Front-End Software Developer

2018–2019 — Propeller Health. Madison, WI, USA

Senior Web Developer

2017–2018 — RecommenderX. Dublin, Ireland

Lead Web Developer

2013–2017 — Ellefson Technology. Toronto, ON, Canada

Project Manager & Web Developer

2012–2013 — University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Database Engineer

2012 — Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

Education

MMGT, Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Expected 2027 — The Pennsylvania State University. State College, PA, USA

Higher Diploma in Science, Computing

2017 — Technical University Dublin. Dublin, Ireland

MA, Renaissance Literature 1500-1700

2013 — University of York. York, England

BS, English Language & Literature

2011 — University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, WI, USA

Professional Development  (Selected)

2025 — Graduate Certificate in Business Architecture - The Pennsylvania State University

2024 — Graduate Certificate in Strategic Leadership - The Pennsylvania State University

2023 — Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect - Associate

2023 — Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

2022 — Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSC)

2022 — Google Cloud Certified – Associate Cloud Engineer

2021 — Leading SAFe, Certified SAFe 5 Agilist

2020 — AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Find Me:

Freelancing  (Selected)