Michael Nygard

Michael Nygard

Technology Leader and Dynamicist

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Current
  • Speaker at No Fluff, Just Stuff
  • Director of Sales Engineering at Verizon Business
Past
  • Consultant at Advanced Technologies Integration
  • Director of Engineering at Totality
  • Founder at Halley's Fifth
  • Chief Scientist at Javelin Solutions
  • Chief Architect, Advanced Technologies Initiative at Long-Term Capital Management
  • Software developer at US Bank
  • Sr. Member of Technical Staff at TASC
Education
  • California Institute of Technology
Connections
223 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Michael Nygard’s Summary

Experience in applying technology in the service of business. Can bridge the gap between IT goals (architecture, design, infrastructure, operations) and business (ROI, NPV, payback time) to optimize financial outcomes.

Key understanding of using time as a weapon.

Author of numerous articles and "Release It! Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software" (Details at http://www.pragprog.com/titles/mnee/index.html.)

Michael Nygard’s Specialties:

High availability, performance improvement, stability improvement, troubled project rescue and salvage.

Sythesis of business and technology. Using a lean/agile approach to unlocking financial value with technology.

Dynamics of information systems, complex adaptive systems, and organizations.

Agile development, Object thinking, Systems thinking, Enterprise Integration.

Java, Objective-C, Ruby.

Lean. Six Sigma. Incremental Funding Methodology.

Catalyst for improvement.


Michael Nygard’s Experience

  • Speaker

    No Fluff, Just Stuff

    (Information Technology and Services industry)

    2007Present (1 year)

  • Director of Sales Engineering

    Verizon Business

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Information Technology and Services industry)

    January 2006Present (2 years 7 months)

    Director of Sales Engineering for the Central and Southeast regions of the United States. Supporting sales for colocation, premium hosting, and application management.

    As always, driving leaner processes to increase throughput, decrease effort, and scale to higher revenue with higher profitability. This involves reducing waste, eliminating non-value-add steps, improving tooling, improving quality, and reducing needless iterations. In short Lean Sales.

  • Consultant

    Advanced Technologies Integration

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

    December 2004December 2005 (1 year 1 month)

    Agile software development for a national photography company. Replaced the company's key digital enhancement, sales, and production system in eight months. Once deployed, studios with our software reported increased sales, customer satisfaction, and user delight.

  • Director of Engineering

    Totality

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2003December 2004 (1 year 7 months)

    Managed engineers in several locations. Supervised service delivery for clients representing $1M / month. Devised infrastructure and operational solutions for clients in retail, travel, and hospitality industries.

  • Founder

    Halley's Fifth

    (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    April 2001October 2003 (2 years 7 months)

  • Chief Scientist

    Javelin Solutions

    (Computer Software industry)

    19982001 (3 years)

  • Chief Architect, Advanced Technologies Initiative

    Long-Term Capital Management

    (Partnership; 51-200 employees; Investment Management industry)

    May 1997May 1998 (1 year 1 month)

  • Software developer

    US Bank

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; USB; Banking industry)

    19971998 (1 year)

  • Sr. Member of Technical Staff

    TASC

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

    September 1995April 1997 (1 year 8 months)

    Developed custom software applications for the military and intelligence agencies. Applications included GPS devices; telemetry for aircraft, ships, armored vehicles, and armaments; and intelligence resource planning.


Michael Nygard’s Education

  • California Institute of Technology

    B.S., Engineering and Applied Science, September 1989December 1993

    Activities and Societies:
    Blacker House, SEDS

Additional Information

Michael Nygard’s Websites:

Michael Nygard’s Interests:

Writing, dynamical systems, physics, cosmology, six sigma, organizational development, strategic planning, lean development, theory of constraints

Michael Nygard’s Groups:

SAGE, OTUG, OTUG-AEG, NoFluffJustStuff

  •    Caltech Alumni Association member
  •    Executive Suite member
  • Forbes.com Entrepreneurs member
  •    Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group member
  •    Totality Alumni member
  •    Twin Cities Software Consultants member
  •    JavaOne 2008 member

Michael Nygard’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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