Michael D. Brown

Bellevue, WA Engineering leader and software architect with 30+ years of experience building distributed systems, cloud platforms, and AI-driven applications. Former Microsoft Senior Software Engineer specializing in Azure, .NET, IoT, and AI platform architecture. Proven record of delivering enterprise solutions for Fortune 500 organizations across manufacturing, aerospace, energy, financial services, and healthcare. Founder of the Juneteenth Conference and startup founder at Synaptic Weave, building next-generation AI infrastructure platforms.

Skills

Programming Languages: C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, SQL

Frameworks & App Dev: .NET / ASP.NET Core, Node.js, React, React Native, WPF (Microsoft MVP, 5 years), Xamarin Forms, REST APIs, microservices

Cloud & Distributed: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Azure Functions, Azure IoT Hub, Azure Digital Twins, Azure Maps, Cosmos DB, Cloud Run, Vertex AI, Cloud SQL, event-driven architectures, multi-cloud deployments

Infrastructure & DevOps: Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, Docker, cloud networking, VPC design, IAM, infrastructure as code, hybrid connectivity

Data & Analytics: High-throughput data pipelines, telemetry ingestion, SSRS / RDLC, Parquet, distributed data processing

AI & Agent Systems: LLMs, AI agents, agent runtimes, conversational AI, RAG architectures, AI-assisted development workflows

DevOps & Engineering: CI/CD pipelines, distributed system design, cloud-native architecture, infrastructure automation

Engineering Process: Agile, Kanban (trained under David Anderson, Kanban Method creator), sprint planning, SDLC management, technical debt frameworks

Experience

Founder and Principal Engineer | Synaptic Weave, Inc.

Sep 2025 – Present

Founded and led engineering for an AI platform company developing infrastructure for building, deploying, and governing AI agents at scale. Designing runtime architecture, developer tooling, and production systems for agent-based applications. Also responsible for brand identity and web design across company properties: synapticweave.com and arachne-ai.com. Developed BlackNode, a full design system with color token architecture, typography scale, and component library for the company’s community platform. Member of the Google Cloud for Startups program.

Arachne — AI Agent Runtime Platform

Designed and built Arachne, an AI agent runtime that treats Agents, Knowledge Bases, Memory, Models, and Evals as distinct versioned artifacts — enabling developers to define AI systems as code, develop and test locally, and deploy to production through CI/CD pipelines. The vision: Docker/Kubernetes for AI infrastructure.

  • Architected the agent runtime enabling agents, skills, and knowledge bases to be defined as versioned artifacts for reproducible deployments across local, enterprise, and cloud environments. Provisioned all cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
  • Built a full RAG stack from scratch: hybrid keyword, BM25, and vector retrieval with chunk-level metadata enabling partition-scoped document retrieval.
  • Implemented runtime capabilities for observability, governance, and traceability of enterprise AI agent deployments.
  • Developed the Arachne API gateway and runtime services in Node.js; built a React-based developer portal for agent management, runtime monitoring, and deployment administration.
  • Built a live RAG demo agent that reasons over the Magic: The Gathering Comprehensive Rules — one of the most complex rule documents in existence — correctly resolving multi-step card interactions with layered precedence and timing rules. Demonstrates reliable agent reasoning over dense, hierarchically structured documents with high edge-case density.

Goal Glowup — AI Goal Coaching Platform

Developed an AI-powered productivity platform helping users plan, track, and achieve goals through AI-driven coaching and structured planning frameworks.

  • Built on the Arachne agent runtime. Designed application architecture using Cosmos DB. Developed a cross-platform mobile application using React Native.

Senior Software Engineer | Microsoft

Jun 2019 – Aug 2025

Led architecture and development of enterprise AI and IoT solutions on Microsoft Azure as part of the enterprise sales pipeline, with each engagement landing a multi-million dollar Azure contract. Provisioned and managed Azure infrastructure using Terraform as standard practice across client engagements. Designed distributed telemetry platforms, digital twin architectures, and real-time monitoring systems while working directly with Fortune 500 clients to translate complex operational problems into Azure-native solutions.

AI Shift Reporting Assistant — Global Automotive Manufacturer

Designed and delivered an AI-powered assistant integrated with Microsoft Teams, automating end-of-shift operational reporting for manufacturing line managers at General Motors.

  • Connected Azure IoT telemetry pipelines with Azure OpenAI to transform raw production data into natural language shift reports surfaced directly in Teams.
  • Reduced manual report compilation time from approximately 30 minutes per production line to under one minute.
  • Built a normalization layer in Azure Functions to clean and structure high-volume sensor telemetry before AI summarization.

Azure IoT Grid Safety Monitoring Platform — Hydro-Québec

Architected a prototype IoT sensor system for Hydro-Québec to calculate real-time power line sag — replacing conservative weather-based throughput curtailments with sensor-driven decisions. The alternative was costly manual construction to raise line elevation. The system was deployed in a test field to validate feasibility before committing to full production rollout.

  • Designed sensor telemetry ingestion via Azure IoT Hub to capture the data needed to compute actual line sag (temperature, tension, load). Modeled grid infrastructure with Azure Digital Twins.
  • Implemented serverless sag calculation via Azure Functions (Node.js). Built a React + Azure Maps dashboard with real-time safety indicators for grid operators.
  • Served as architecture lead within a 10-engineer team.

Bell AerOS — UAV Fleet Management Platform (Featured at CES 2020)

Contributed to Bell AerOS, a cloud-based fleet management and health monitoring system for Bell Textron’s autonomous aerial vehicles, featured at CES 2020 as part of Bell’s “City of the Future” showcase alongside the Bell Nexus 4EX air taxi.

  • Led domain modeling sessions using color modeling and event-storming to extract key domain concepts and bounded contexts for the fleet management and aircraft health monitoring system.

Large-Scale Retail Data Ingestion Platform

Designed a high-throughput data ingestion platform for a nationwide grocery retailer supporting large-scale operational analytics.

  • Architected pipelines processing millions of records per minute. Implemented Azure Functions processors transforming inbound streams into Parquet files optimized for analytics workloads.

Founder | AzureCoding.net

2008 – 2012

Built and ran a community platform for Azure developers launched within weeks of the Windows Azure announcement at PDC 2008. Designed brand identity, architected the site on Community Server with Wiki, Articles, Blogs, Forums, and Groups, and grew organic search presence to PageRank #2 for “Azure Development” — ranking directly behind the official Microsoft Azure portal with no paid promotion. Lost the domain to squatters after a missed renewal.

Principal Consultant | Incipire, Inc.

2010 – 2019

Led software architecture and delivery across enterprise clients in energy, financial services, e-commerce, and retail as an independent consultant. Delivered full-stack .NET, WPF, React, and mobile solutions across a broad range of domains. Client environments spanned AWS, Azure, and on-premises infrastructure.

Exxon — Pipeline Reporting Tool (WPF, SSRS/RDLC)

Built a dynamic reporting tool for oil pipeline operations, enabling non-technical users to construct complex queries and run structured reports against operational data.

  • Designed a metadata-driven query builder that inspected the database schema at runtime, allowing users to define searches on entities and attributes with comparison, greater-than, less-than, and between operators.
  • Implemented type-aware field generation: the UI detected each attribute’s data type and rendered the appropriate input control — date pickers for date fields, range inputs for numerics, and so on.
  • Recommended leveraging SSRS RDLC for the reporting engine rather than building a custom one, eliminating a major build workstream and refocusing project scope on performant in-place RDLC rendering within WPF.

Corrpro — CorrGuard Geospatial Pipeline Monitoring Platform (Node.js, AWS Lambda, PostGIS)

Built the first version of CorrGuard, a geospatial monitoring platform for corrosion detection on underground utility lines (natural gas pipelines).

  • Designed the spatial data model in PostgreSQL/PostGIS to ingest, index, and serve millions of cathodic protection readings collected by field surveyors at 10-meter intervals along pipeline routes.
  • Built a serverless Node.js ingestion layer on AWS Lambda to process the high-volume survey data at scale.
  • Delivered a map-based visualization with color-coded anomaly thresholds — field engineers could immediately identify pipeline segments requiring attention.

Blinds.com x Home Depot — Blind Design Platform Integration (.NET, React)

Integrated Blinds.com’s custom blind design and configuration platform with Home Depot for both homedepot.com and the in-store blind shopping experience. Delivered full-stack .NET backend and React frontend.

Woodforest National Bank — Mobile Banking App (Xamarin Forms)

Developed a mobile banking application for Woodforest National Bank using Xamarin Forms, delivering native iOS and Android experiences from a shared codebase.

Senior Software Engineer | Software Engineering Professionals (SEP)

2008 – 2010

Delivered client-facing software solutions at a boutique consultancy serving enterprise clients in healthcare, aerospace, and regulated industries.

Roche — Glucose Monitoring App (Continua Alliance Protocol, .NET / WCF)

Added support for the Continua Alliance protocol to Roche’s glucose monitoring application.

  • Implemented the integration layer in .NET with WCF, enabling Roche’s application to exchange standardized health metrics with third-party devices and platforms.
  • First-hand experience with regulated health data standards, device interoperability requirements, and the rigor required when shipping software in a clinical context.

Rolls-Royce — Engine Health Monitoring System

Designed and built a monitoring system ingesting jet and turbine engine telemetry for analytics supporting predictive maintenance — detecting potential engine failure through metrics trends before it becomes catastrophic.

  • Built data ingestion pipelines to collect and process post-flight telemetry from jet and turbine engines, enabling trend analysis across longitudinal engine performance data.
  • Delivered operational dashboards enabling engineering teams to monitor engine health metrics, identify anomalous trends, and intervene before conditions reached critical thresholds.

Founder & Executive Director (Volunteer) | JuneteenthConf, Unl.

Jun 2020 – Present | Fiscally sponsored by YPOC Harrisburg, a 501(c)(3)

  • Conceived the conference on June 3, 2020 and launched on June 19 — 16 days, 31 speakers, fully paid, two-day program. Inaugural event drew 20,000+ live viewers; 6,000 additional views in the following month. Business Insider covered the launch.
  • Built brand identity from scratch: logotype, color palette, visual language, web presence, and a full print-quality sponsor prospectus used to secure Fortune 100 partnerships.
  • Built a custom newsletter platform on open source infrastructure; 2,500+ subscribers at a 40% open rate. Built a custom analytics platform to replace Google Analytics — community member data stays private, not routed through third-party systems.
  • Secured $20K+ in annual sponsorships with Fortune 100 partners; maintained multi-year relationships built on community reach data and values alignment.
  • Produced 79 YouTube videos across six annual conferences; managed all live stream production. Hired ASL interpreters for all sessions and videos — accessibility as default, not accommodation.
  • Incorporated as JuneteenthConf, Unl. with a 7-person Board of Directors. Led a volunteer network spanning Microsoft’s Redmond campus to Nigeria through shared purpose, not formal authority.
  • Led a 12-week applied engineering cohort: managed a team of 6 bootcamp graduates through the full SDLC — sprint planning, agile ceremonies, code review, and production deployment — delivering a single live application as a team. First non-trivial software project built collaboratively for all six participants.
  • Mentored 12+ professionals transitioning into tech; 50%+ landed roles at leading companies.

Speaking

  • Explore DDD 2026 — “Domain-Driven Design for AI” — Featured speaker; first session after the keynote. Denver, CO, September 23-25, 2026.

Publications

  • 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know — Contributing author (O’Reilly Media)
  • MSDN Magazine — Published contributor
  • Applying Domain-Driven Design to Agentic Patterns — Book in progress; proposal submitted to Addison-Wesley for the Vaughn Vernon Signature Series

Volunteer Leadership

Table Captain | Hopelink Community Lunch 3 years

Served as a table captain at Hopelink’s annual Community Lunch — recruiting guests, representing the mission, and making the case for Hopelink’s work to donors and community members.

Education

B.S. Information Technology / M.S. IT Management (dual degree) | Western Governors University Jun 2024 – Jul 2027 (Anticipated)

Project LEAD (now Leadership Tomorrow) | United Way of King County Graduate — community leadership program, King County, WA