Michael Chang
Teacher at Fagskolen Innlandet
United States
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Top SchoolMichael Chang is a versatile technologist and teacher with over a decade of experience bridging systems engineering, security, and production-scale software for media, healthcare, and startups. He has led global pipeline and production-technology teams at DreamWorks Animation, co-founded multiple startups including a venture-backed media-tech company, and served as a Senior DevOps engineer for EHR systems—bringing rare depth in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and secure operations. Equally comfortable in the classroom and the server room, he now teaches IT and security while running a specialty food business and a self-funded security startup focused on practical, curated guidance for overworked IT staff. Known for hands-on problem solving and a willingness to do whatever it takes, he combines creative technical solutions (from P2P encrypted toolchains to AR experiences) with pragmatic trade-offs for time, budget, and teams. He also maintains active Java/JavaScript web projects and shares technical writing in Japanese, reflecting a broad, ongoing commitment to learning and public-facing craftsmanship.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah
English, Chinese, Norwegian
Stackoverflow
3,026reputation
172kreached
15answers
5questions
linux
top-5%
Github Skills (12)
linux9
rsync6
django-models6
django-admin6
mod-wsgi6
apache6
python6
security6
django6
javascript3
low-latency2
serverless-applications2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
maachang/rhigin
Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
Contributions:188 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
maachang/LFU
Jan 2023 - Apr 2025
It provides a framework for creating web applications that leverage github repositories and S3 buckets for AWS Lambda function URLs.
Contributions:10 PRs, 90 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 3 months
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