# mike@miketk · devops & data architect
I make engineering orgs faster, calmer, and cheaper to run.
$ whoami
→ I've spent the last decade making engineering organizations faster, calmer, and cheaper to run — leading DevOps, Site Reliability, and platform teams across SaaS, data, and AI workloads.
$ cat focus.txt
→ My focus is the loop between developer productivity and operational reality: the pipelines, the on-call wellness, the database tier nobody wants to touch. I'm currently leading DevOps architecture at Hologic.
$ cat availability.txt
→ Open to selective consulting engagements around platform strategy, delivery transformation, and high-TPS database work.
── stats.json
"years_in_industry"
15+
"databases_migrated"
500+
"peak_perf_gain"
400×
"cloud_db_cost_cut"
50%
● status: open to select consulting · Philadelphia, PA
// practice areas
[01]
Developer productivity
Pipelines as Code, self-service platforms, and the unglamorous plumbing that compounds into faster delivery.
Quarterly → monthly deploy cadence at GS1 US.
[02]
Scalable agile delivery
Waterfall-to-Scrum transitions, TPM frameworks, and roadmap predictability without ceremony theater.
90%+ on-time delivery rate at OneCare Media.
[03]
DevOps & platform engineering
Cloud cost discipline, observability, and the database lifecycle most teams quietly outsource.
50% Azure database cost reduction. 500+ DBs migrated IaaS → PaaS.
# git log --work --oneline
Roles, in reverse-chronological order.
2025 — Present
Hologic, Inc.
Lead DevOps Architect
Leading DevOps architecture and platform direction.
Full-time
2024 — 2025
GS1 US
Manager, DevOps
Built a Database Center of Excellence; cut Azure DB cost 50%. Shipped VectorDB-backed RAG POCs and migrated legacy pipelines to Pipelines-as-Code.
Full-time
2022 — 2024
OneCare Media
Head of Engineering
Drove waterfall → Agile transition. Delivered multi-year site redesign two months ahead of schedule. 90%+ on-time delivery; 20% margin lift.
Remote
2021 — 2022
FullStory
Technical Program Manager
Refined SLA accuracy and ran the On-call Wellness sub-program supporting "you build it, you run it" scaling.
Remote
2013 — 2021
PROS
Technical Lead → Sr. Engineer → Sr. Consultant
Led 500+ database migration from Azure IaaS to PaaS. Drove 200–400× perf gains on multi-threaded OLTP workloads. Mentored a globally distributed team of 10.
Houston, TX
# cat services.md
A handful of engagements per year.
Selectively available.
service[0] = {
Platform & DevOps strategy
Roadmap, tooling, and the org shape that makes them stick.
}
service[1] = {
Delivery transformation
From waterfall fog to a delivery cadence the business can plan against.
}
service[2] = {
Database performance & FinOps
High-TPS workloads, capacity planning, and cloud database cost.
}
# cat contact.sh
Open a connection.
location: Philadelphia, PA
tz: ET — UTC−5
response: within 2 business days