Michael Cummings

Michael Cummings is an experienced technical lead with a strong background in systems architecture, software development, infrastructure design & deployment, and business processes related to technology. He holds multiple certifications from Microsoft and other organizations.

Aside from his professional endeavors, Michael is a dedicated hobby graphics programmer with a passion for developing games and graphics engines. He founded the Boston XNA Developers Group and has actively participated in various open-source projects like AXIOM and Planeshift.

His expertise lies in the Microsoft .Net Framework, Microsoft XNA Framework, software development life cycle (SDLC), C#, XNA, C++, and DirectX. Michael's educational background includes studying Computer Science at Jefferson County Community College and State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome.

Currently, Michael is a Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft, having previously held roles such as Maintainer at the Axiom 3D Open Source Project, Software Engineer at Microsoft (Intune), Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, Principal Consultant at Magenic Technologies, and various other positions in reputable organizations.