Michael Hamilton

PreAct Technologies

• • Reduced merge-to-canary deployment time from 2 weeks to 4 hours — an 84x improvement — by automating the full software delivery pipeline through CI/CD infrastructure, structured release governance, and auditable deployment patterns.
• • Drove organization-wide adoption of agentic coding tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) with governance standards, paved-path patterns, code-quality guardrails, and measurable PR throughput outcomes; tracked AI tooling ROI in developer velocity.
• • Owned the AI/ML roadmap end-to-end for the Protect collision avoidance system: production embedded AI inference combining 3 LiDAR sensors, NVIDIA Jetson Orin edge compute, and sensor fusion pipelines deployed across a Fortune 5 fleet.
• • Architected the full edge-to-cloud platform: Jetson devices, cellular telemetry upload, cloud ingestion, observability, and a fleet management dashboard.
• • Managed both individual contributors and engineering managers across hardware, firmware, cloud, embedded AI, and QA disciplines.
• • Established engineering standards across reliability, testing, observability, and incident response. Built a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
• • Stayed hands-on through architecture decisions, code reviews, and complex technical problem-solving while running the broader org.
• • As the company entered wind-down in late 2025, led the engineering organization through final delivery to the Fortune 5 customer, IP preservation for downstream licensing, and team transitions.

PreAct Technologies

• • Player-coach driving the company's pivot to a LiDAR-based protection system. Contributed directly to embedded AI and sensor fusion code while introducing structured engineering processes into a previously ad-hoc engineering culture.

Opsivity

• • Led 12-person geographically distributed development team building a connected knowledge base SaaS platform for field service teams.
• • Managed full product lifecycle from architecture through production deployment.
• • First leadership role managing a distributed offshore engineering team at scale.

nLIGHT, RealWear, Polaris Industries, Sigma Design

• • Software engineering roles spanning manufacturing execution systems, Android-based industrial wearables, and embedded diagnostics. Built REST APIs, data pipelines, and platform features in C#/.NET, Python, Node.js, and SQL Server across regulated, safety-conscious development environments.

US Marine Corps

• • 20-year career across leadership and technical roles, culminating as a Gunnery Sergeant leading organizations of up to 200 personnel in operational and training environments.
• • Recognized for operational excellence, team development, and the ability to deliver mission-critical results under pressure.

AI-powered legal document analysis tool. Shipped to GA on Microsoft Marketplace. Applied agentic systems with full evaluation framework (DSPy with GEPA optimizer).

RAG-powered conversational recipe assistant with AI-driven recipe import and live grocery pricing.

Browser-based tactical decision-making wargame for Marine Corps small-unit leader training. Patent pending.