MICHAEL W. NAIL

I started writing software early, on the Apple II at school. Since then I have written programs in over a dozen languages including education, optimization, artificial intelligence, embedded, ecommerce, and distributed data processing systems as well as games and mobile apps. I also spent many years building, growing, and managing engineering teams and organizations... I worked for Amazon.com for over ten years. I was fortunate to learn a great many skills as the company grew. At various times I was engineer, architect, project or program manager, engineering manager, QA manager and org leader. I learned about building best-in-class software - scalable, robust, maintainable, and secure - but also all aspects of growing and running a business from product development to marketing to customer service to operations... In my spare time I am a multimedia artist. My primary work is based on algorithmic or interactive computer music and visuals using both digital and analog sound sources. I..