Christopher Michaelis

Christopher Michaelis is a seasoned software development professional with over 15 years of experience in designing, developing, and configuring software applications across web, desktop, and mobile platforms. He is a full-stack developer specializing in a diverse set of programming languages and tools, including PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Qt C++, Linux, and GIS. Additionally, Chris is well versed in backend and frontend development frameworks, databases, mobile development, agile software development, and Scrum methodologies. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Utah State University and an MS in Geographic Information Science from Idaho State University.

Chris has worked in various capacities in different organizations, most recently serving as a Senior Software Engineer at Pavlus Travel & Cruise. He also founded and worked as a software engineer at Strategic Code LLC and was the Director of Development at Hosting Services, Inc. Chris's previous roles include Assistant Director of IT Services at Pioneer Newspapers, Senior Software Engineer at Idaho State University Idaho Falls Spatial Sciences Laboratory, Technical Support Representative, and System Administrator at WestHost, Inc. As a CEO, Windows Programmer, and System Administrator at Pretium Corporation, Chris honed his skills in different software development and IT roles.

Chris's expertise spans diverse areas, including backend and frontend software development, desktop and mobile applications, databases, Linux, and GIS development. He is highly skilled in frameworks such as PHP CodeIgniter, Laravel, jQuery, Angular.js, Vue.js, Qt C++, .NET, and libraries such as OpenLayers, Leaflet, MapServer, GeoServer, Google Maps API, GDAL, OGR, and QGIS. He is also experienced in mobile development technologies, such as Cordova, PhoneGap, and Ionic, and has extensive knowledge of AWS, Apache, BASH, Sendmail, Postfix, Dovecot, Procmail, nginx, and ZFS.