Mike Gardiner

Engineering executive with over 15 years of experience delivering large-scale software solutions and leading global teams, organizational change, enhancing engineering processes, and driving the growth of products in competitive markets. Hands-on expertise in developing mobile applications, leading cloud computing initiatives that supported over 2 million customers, implementing DevOps practices to reduce deployment times by 50%, designing SaaS solutions, building teams, and creating a culture resulting in an employee net promoter score (eNPS) of 85%.

Vivint, Lehi, UT

Director of Software Architecture

Mar 2024 - Present

• Leading DevOps adoption to achieve a 40% increase in reliability and a 50% boost in organizational performance.
• Managing managers of cross-functional teams of software architects, engineers, and QA to deliver IoT solutions.
• Modernizing legacy systems and processes using Azure, Azure DevOps, .NET, and AI/ML.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Jun 2022 - Mar 2024

• Migrated iGarden to a SaaS subscription model powered by AWS Amplify, AppSync, Cognito, Pinpoint, GraphQL, and DynamoDB serverless technologies to grow ARR by 300%.
• Optimized product strategy, performance metrics, product support, and budgeting, ensuring 100% profitability.
• Integrated AR, AI, and ML features into iValidCard, ranked in Apple's App Store's top 50 paid financial apps.

Senior Director of Software Engineering and Architecture

Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

• Chaired weekly architecture review board L10 meetings to establish REST API and AWS microservices architecture standards.
• Led an event-driven microservice effort using Kafka, Couchbase, and DynamoDB, boosting scalability by 125%.
• Standardized C#, .NET Core, Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, and Docker to reduce development costs by 20%.
• Maintained an 85% eNPS while overseeing managers, architects, software engineers, and QA teams.

Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

• Spearheaded a single-sign-on (SSO) security solution with AWS Cognito, supporting SAML, OAuth2, and OIDC integration, reducing authentication issues by 40%.
• Devised a mobile-first strategy, collaborating closely with product management, resulting in a 25% increase in mobile user engagement.
• Hired and scaled engineering by 700% while improving software development life cycle (SDLC) efficiency using the EOS framework.
• Managed managers and teams across mobile, full-stack, and architecture, tracking KPIs and aligning resources with product OKRs.
• Developed data-driven career advancement and succession strategies for engineering, streamlining the hiring process by 30%.

Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

• Established coding standards, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and EOS engineering processes, increasing release frequency by 70%.
• Pivoted mobile technology to Swift, SwiftUI, Kotlin, and Jetpack Compose, resulting in a 40% enhancement in application performance.
• Recruited and mentored Android and iOS development teams, achieving a 4.8/5.0 rating on Apple’s App Store.

Founder and Chief Technology Officer

May 2019 - Feb 2021

• Migrated iOS apps from Objective-C to Swift and SwiftUI and Android apps from Java to Kotlin, JetPack Compose, SQLite, and Room, cutting maintenance costs by 40%.
• Built nanosoft1.com using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, and jQuery, showcasing mobile apps and boosting revenue by 20%.
• Completed a SaaS cloud migration from GCP to AWS, trimming operational costs by 15%.

Principal Software Architect and Manager

Aug 2015 - May 2019

• Managed 5 cloud and QA engineers to build PaaS, SaaS, IaaS, and IaC cloud infrastructure with Docker, Linux, Jenkins, Python, and SaltStack, resulting in a 50% increase in deployment efficiency.
• Directed an enterprise cloud migration effort as the product owner and chief architect from AWS to a private cloud, slashing operational costs by 25%.
• Architected a cloud-native microservices architecture with Java, Spring Boot, and MySQL, achieving 60% greater maintainability.
• Guided weekly Architecture Review Boards, resolving technical challenges and cutting critical issue resolution time by 28%.
• Developed a DevSecOps mindset across the organization, resulting in a 60% improvement in DORA metrics.

Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

• Implemented a company-wide quality initiative, increasing unit test coverage from 6% to 80% and reducing defects by 70%.
• Spearheaded NIST Cybersecurity industry standards, CVE, and OWASP reporting, mitigating top security issues.
• Architected a Big Data Analytics system with Java, Spark, Hadoop, and ElasticSearch, processing 2 TB+ daily.

Weber State University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science