Michael Greene
Senior Director, Learning Innovation Systems
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Greene is a higher-education technology leader with 11 years in institutional IT and 8 years managing teams, currently serving as Senior Director of Learning Innovation Systems at Duke University. He combines hands-on full-stack development experience—contributing UI and accessibility improvements to the Sakai open-source LMS—with a decade of college teaching, giving him a deep, practical understanding of faculty and student needs. Known for contagious energy and a collaborative leadership style, he builds cross-institutional partnerships, drives digital education strategy, and mentors teams on operational excellence and change management. Michael has a track record of replacing textbook dependency with OER in course design and of translating technical detail into executive-level strategy, making him effective both in the server room and the boardroom. Based in Durham, NC, he pairs an MS in Executive IT Management with a background in web design to deliver thoughtful, equity-focused learning technologies.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Fast Track Executive Information Technology Management, Master of Science (M.S.), Fast Track Executive Information Technology Management at Virginia Commonwealth University - School of BusinessBachelor of Science (B.S.), Web Design, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Web Design at Radford University
Github Skills (9)
css10
javas10
sakai10
lms10
java10
javascript9
ed255198
html7
tomcat5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
sakaiproject/sakai
May 2016 - May 2022
Sakai is a freely available, feature-rich technology solution for learning, teaching, research and collaboration. Sakai is an open source software suite developed by a diverse and global adopter community.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:147 reviews, 147 commits, 83 PRs in 6 years
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the Sakai project by addressing and fixing spelling errors and making code improvements across multiple files, including those related to web services, lesson building, and assessment tools. They also worked on enabling material design elements in the library and adding theme-switcher functionality. The user further refined the dark theme, fixed bugs related to the dark theme, and updated various CSS files.
sakaisakai-clejavatomcatvle
DukeLearningInnovation/sakai-gateway
Aug 2016 - Aug 2018
Contributions:53 commits, 16 PRs, 42 pushes in 2 years
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