Summary
Mike Mccanna is a DevOps engineer in San Diego with 16 years of hands-on experience across back end, front end, and infrastructure, and a self-reported 25 years of DevOps-related work spanning startups, tech giants, and major open-source projects. He blends practical product and brand design sensibilities—earned as an Art Director managing retail lines, digital campaigns, and photo production—with deep operational engineering skills, making him adept at bridging designers, developers, and ops. Comfortable with both high-level coordination and tactical execution, he has led cross-functional workflows and managed production timelines, materials, and release coordination. His background in graphic design and psychology gives him uncommon empathy for user experience and team dynamics when implementing reliable, production-grade systems.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Graphic Design, Graphic Design at Art Institute of California - San Diego
San Diego State University