Mike Wales

I'm a self-taught Web Developer having landed my first freelancing gigs in 1999. Since then, I've lead open source efforts and developed top-secret applications still in use at the NSA. Now, I lead and develop engineering teams that strive to improve people's lives through audacious social impact programs (such as, education, employment, and retirement). - Developed Udacity's first Nanodegree program, redefining the strategic vision for the company leading to a $1 billion valuation - Historic Top Secret/SCI security clearance with counter-intelligence polygraph - Open source software advocate, contributing to numerous projects include the PHP framework CodeIgniter, the Zsh shell framework Oh My Zsh, Adobe's Brackets code editor and the Boxee+ media server firmware

• ✓Technology Associate
• ✓JavaScript Specialist
• ✓Web Foundations Associate
• ✓Front-End Web Developer Nanodegree
• ✓Full Stack Web Developer Nanodegree

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# Mike Wales

**Engineering Leader with a proven history of building, developing, and transforming successful mission-driven startup teams.** · San Antonio, Texas

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## About

I'm a self-taught Web Developer having landed my first freelancing gigs in 1999. Since then, I've lead open source efforts and developed top-secret ap…

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