Michael Brittlebank

Resume

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

Oscar Wilde

I bridge the gap between business strategy and highly efficient, scalable software delivery to help organizations systematically deliver iterative, high-impact products.

As an engineering leader I specialize in guiding remote and hybrid multidisciplinary teams through the realities of Digital Transformation, Lean/Agile operations, and volatile, ever-changing technical and business environments. I drive sustainable outcomes that align engineering output to business value by leveraging my deep technical breadth to build innovative solutions that delight stakeholders.


How I Deliver Impact:

  • Strategic Leadership & Scale: Experienced in driving Team-of-Teams agility, Agile@Scale (SAFe, Scrum, Kanban), and workforce planning for distributed remote/hybrid teams. I convert broad organizational vision into practical, highly functional delivery roadmaps and product portfolios.
  • Engineering Excellence: Grounded in a strong background as a business solutions architect and remaining a hands-on polyglot engineer myself. My teams build scalable RESTful microservice APIs, cross-platform mobile and web applications, and resilient cloud DevOps environments (AWS, GCP) utilizing TDD and DRY/SOLID principles.
  • People & Culture First: Passionate about empathetic leadership, servant coaching, and continuous learning. I am deeply invested in raising others up and building psychologically safe, high-trust team cultures.


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

2023Present Capital One. McLean, VA, USA

Technology Solution Delivery Manager

20202023 American Family Insurance. Madison, WI, USA

Senior Software Developer

20192020 Blain Supply. Janesville, WI, USA

Senior Front-End Software Developer

20182019 Propeller Health. Madison, WI, USA

Senior Web Developer

20172018 RecommenderX. Dublin, Ireland

Lead Web Developer

20132017 Ellefson Technology. Toronto, ON, Canada

Project Manager & Web Developer

20122013 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)