Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bindloss, AB · Hybrid

• Web 7.0 is a unified software and hardware ecosystem for building resilient, trusted, decentralized systems using decentralized identifiers, DIDComm agents, and verifiable credentials.
• Michael Herman, Trusted Digital Web (TDW) Project, Hyperonomy Digital Identity Lab. January 2023.

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bindloss, AB · Hybrid

• Web 7.0 is a unified software and hardware ecosystem, an #ultraweb, for building resilient, trusted, decentralized systems using decentralized identifiers, DIDComm agents, and verifiable credentials.
• Michael Herman, Trusted Digital Web (TDW) Project, Hyperonomy Digital Identity Lab. January 2023.

Jul 2018 – Jan 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Global

• NEON-NATION is a new independent nation-state (society) built on top of the concepts of The Hyperscalable Blockchain and, physically, the @StratisPlatform blockchain. NEO is also an acronym for Never Ending innOvation.
• You can follow NEON-NATION's developments on ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/project/NEO-NATION-Nation-State) as well as here on LinkedIn and Discord (https://discord.gg/8AdfBCF).

Apr 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

• NEP-10 Composite Smart Contracts: Principal Author
• "This NEP proposes a solution to the scenarios where a smart contract supports extensions to an existing standard. Conforming to this NEP involves implementing a single required, constant-valued operation and method `supportedStandards`, and possibly creating one or more new NEPs to define any new, required set(s) of required operations and methods."
• Reference: https://github.com/neo-project/proposals/blob/master/nep-10.mediawiki
• [NEO3] Representative Voting: Contributor
• Reference: https://github.com/neo-project/neo/issues/316

Jan 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

• My roles include developing and enhancing software, documentation, and other content for several NEO community projects as well as support the NEO developer community (https://discord.gg/R8v48YA).
• I contribute to several NEO Blockchain projects including: the NEO developer tool suite (neo-lux, neo-debugger and neo-gui-developer); the mwherman2000/neo-persistableclasses project – home to the NEO Persistable Class Framework for efficient object-oriented smart contract development using C#.NEO; and, lastly, the mwherman2000/dotnetquickstart project – home of the NEO Blockchain Quick Start Guide for .NET Developers.
• The neo-csharpcoe project is the home of the NEO Blockchain C# Center of Excellence (https://github.com/mwherman2000/neo-csharpcoe/blob/master/README.md). The neo-csharpcoe is an "umbrella" project for several initiatives related to providing tools and libraries (code), frameworks, how-to documentation, and best practices for full-stack development using .NET/C#, C#.NEO and the NEO Blockchain software platform.
• I am also the founder of the first Canadian NEO Blockchain Meetup group (NEO Blockchain Toronto) and have helped bootstrap several additional Meetups worldwide including NEO Blockchain Vancouver, NEO Blockchain Cancun, and NEO Blockchain Turkey.
• My projects: https://github.com/mwherman2000?tab=repositories

Jul 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

• Along with my North American and European BiZZdesign colleagues, I'm responsible for helping grow the installed base of happy BiZZdesign Architect clients. BiZZdesign EA Tool Suite is one of the leading global solutions for modeling, visualization, analysis, and evolution of enterprise architectures, business processes, and business models as well as for risk management. BiZZdesign Architect supports open standards like ArchiMate ®, TOGAF ®, and BPMN; or any other standard or framework using its dynamically configurable metamodel-based repository, design, visualization, analysis and communication tools.

Jan 2011 – Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

• At Infusion, Michael was a senior member of the Enterprise Web practice as well as a billable consultant working with a broad range of customers to help them address their internal and external communication and collaboration needs. Michael’s specific responsibilities and major projects are listed below.
• Responsibilities
• Enterprise strategy consultant
• Enterprise solution architect
• SharePoint solutions specialist
• Web practice management team
• Program manager: Infusion Site Accelerator for SharePoint 2010
• Projects
• Enterprise Architect: Deloitte Consulting
• Enterprise Architect: Husky Energy
• Enterprise Architect: Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G)
• Enterprise Architect: City of Burlington
• Solution Architect: Tervita public web site: http://www.tervita.com
• Solution Architect: Agnico-Eagle

Feb 2010 – Dec 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos · Toronto

• At Syntergy, Michael’s primary responsibility as Principal Consultant and SharePoint architect was to ensure that Microsoft’s largest (and smallest) SharePoint customers were happy using Syntergy Replicator for SharePoint, the leading enterprise-class replication solution for all on-premise and cloud-based versions of Microsoft SharePoint products and technologies. Michael’s specific responsibilities and major projects are listed below.
• Responsibilities
• Enterprise architect
• Solutions architect
• Technology architect
• Cloud strategist
• Principal consultant creating and leading the Syntergy professional services practice
• Program manager: Courseware and packaged professional services offerings
• Program manager and lead developer: Synergy Replicator Gateway for Lotus Notes
• Projects
• Enterprise Solutions Architect: Deloitte LP (USA)
• Solution Architect: Norwegian Cruise Lines
• Solution Architect: Holland America Lines
• Solution Architect: American Association of Retired People (AARP)
• Solution Architect: Bloomberg
• Solution Architect: Canadian Navy
• Solution Architect: US Navy
• Solution Architect: US Army

Mar 2008 – Dec 2009 · 1 yr 9 mos · Toronto

• Principal Consultant and SharePoint Architect
• Mr. Herman role included managing and leading a talented team of 8 software development professionals as mentor 3 project managers and a quality assurance team of 2 people. At Envision IT, Mr. Herman was responsible for defining and launching the company’s Envision IT Project Lifecycle for custom software development solutions.

Oct 2007 – Dec 2009 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Toronto / Minneapolis, MN

• Certified Instructor: Windows SharePoint Services Development
• Mr. Herman is certified to market, resell and deliver Mindsharp best-in-class Windows SharePoint Services developer training courses.

Sep 2007 – Oct 2015 · 8 yrs 1 mo

• 800-acre registered purebred Charolais cattle ranch on the west slope of the Cypress Hills in south-eastern Alberta ...not too far from the Alberta-Montana border.

May 2004 – May 2005 · 1 yr · Toronto

• SharePoint Solutions Architect for the SSHA Intranet.

Aug 2001 – Nov 2023 · 22 yrs 3 mos · Toronto, Canada Area

• In 2001, Michael Herman founded Parallelspace Corporation with a vision for a family of Truly Collaborative™ business solutions built on the Groove Networks and Microsoft SharePoint business collaboration platforms. An important milestone was reached in April 2002, when Groove Networks singled out Parallelspace as "one of the most innovative developers of collaborative business solutions" for Groove Workspace.

Feb 1996 – Oct 2001 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Mississauga, Ontario and Redmond, Washingto

• Enterprise Strategy Consultant, Microsoft Consulting Services
• Technology Specialist, Microsoft Business Solutions Group
• Senior Consultant, Exchange Connectivity Competency Center
• Program Manager, Exchange and SharePoint Product Groups
• At Microsoft, Mr. Herman was the lead enterprise consultant for several infrastructure engagements at CIBC, Ontario Hydro, Toronto District School Board and Inco. More recently, he worked as a member of the Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server product groups where he was responsible for the strategy and execution of the developer technical readiness programs for the Microsoft internal field as well as external partner personnel. He is the author of several developer whitepapers on Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server.

Nov 1995 – Jan 1996 · 2 mos

• Assured Solutions’ focus is the effective application of technology and process to a wide range of applications. Core technical competencies include Microsoft Windows, OLE, 2D and 3D computer graphics, Internet technologies and UNIX. From a process perspective, Assured Solutions’ knowledge and experience includes product management, developing effective process models for software development, project management, user-centered design, quality assurance and team-based methodologies for process improvement. Specific applications experience includes computer-based mapping, real-time information systems, architectural and industrial design systems and statistical analysis.

Jan 1994 – Oct 1995 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Star Data, through its StarQuote information service, is Canada’s leading provider of real-time stock quotation and news services. I was responsible for creating and leading the company’s Windows Product Development and Integration Services departments as well as establishing Star Data’s desktop software strategy. This product family included StarQuote NG, Star Data’s flagship real-time market data presentation product, StarLink real-time DDE servers, StarServer NETBEUI gateway as well as custom solutions for integrating third-party products with StarQuote’s wide area information and communication network. In addition, I established the framework for Star Data’s internetworking strategy.

May 1992 – Jan 1994 · 1 yr 8 mos · Toronto (1950 Don Mills Road)

• Software Engineering Quality Consultant
• As a member of the Software Engineering Process Group within the Software Engineering Quality Consultants organization, I was responsible for the development and deployment of the Orthogonal Defect Classification-based Development Process Diagnosis methodology as well as the Lab-level benchmarking efforts related to the Software Development Process. In addition, I was a member of the team responsible for assessing new product proposals for inclusion in the Lab portfolio.
• Quality Assurer
• As the Quality Assurance focal point for the Toronto Lab's document imaging, C/C++ compiler and visual development environment products, I was primarily responsible for assessing the development status of these products and communicating this assessment to the Director and senior management of the Lab. As a registered ISO 9000 internal auditor, I was a member of the Lab’s ISO 9000 certification team.
• I served as technical owner of certain Lab quality assurance processes and as a Toronto focal point for new software engineering techniques developed by IBM Research and elsewhere in the corporation.

Jun 1989 – Apr 1992 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• Director, Upfront Product Development
• Alias Upfront is a mass-market 3D conceptual drawing program for architects, space planners, trade show booth designers and interior designers. It runs under Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating environments. After founding this development group, I was responsible for all aspects of the department’s operations as well as developing and maintaining Alias's relationships with its key PC technology partners.
• Director, New Workstation Group
• Prior to managing the Upfront product development group, I was similarly responsible for founding the New Workstation Group (NWG) at Alias. The mandate of NWG was to port Alias's Silicon Graphics-based 3D graphics products to new workstation platforms. The first port was to the IBM RS/6000 workstation using the Sabine 3D graphics subsystem. In addition, I was the development manager responsible for engineering Alias entry-level product line.

Apr 1988 – May 1989 · 1 yr 1 mo · Toronto, Ontario

• Technical Product Manager
• Apricot is a second-tier manufacturer of IBM PC compatibles that is based in the UK. AIC is the North American distributor of Apricot products. My primary responsibilities included third-party product research and support, pre- and post-sales support, ongoing end-user and reseller support, and coordination of projects involving the Technical Department.

Apr 1986 – Apr 1988 · 2 yrs · Toronto

• Product Coordinator and Senior Software Engineer
• I was responsible for developing the architecture and user interface for ORC's optical disk-based Document Filing System as well as the evaluation of the system hardware and software components, project planning and supervision of two programmers who undertook the implementation and testing. The system was IBM AT-based and was developed under Microsoft Windows.
• Later as Product Coordinator - Interface Board Products, I was responsible for bringing the IB-1000 scanner/printer controller for the Canon NP-9030 digital scanner/printer from a development prototype to market-ready status. This involved interfacing with in-house and outside software and hardware development groups, marketing, suppliers of components and manufacturing, assembly and testing services.

Oct 1985 – Mar 1986 · 5 mos · Toronto

• Graphics Software Engineer
• I was responsible for the design of the Scene Animation Language (SAL) and the implementation of an interactive interpreter for the language.

Jan 1984 – Dec 1985 · 1 yr 11 mos · Waterloo, Ontario

• Research and Teaching Assistant
• I was a Masters graduate student at the University of Waterloo during the calendar years 1984 and 1985.

Aug 1981 – Dec 1983 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• Initially, I was responsible for various aspects of the Dome Interactive Exploration Mapping System (DIEMS); specifically, the design, implementation, testing and loading of the Alberta Township Coordinate (ATS) and Topographic Feature databases, providing end user support to the production mapping group and interfacing with various Canadian and American software contractors involved with the project.

Jan 1980 – Jun 1981 · 1 yr 5 mos · Waterloo, Ontario

• Founding Lab Manager for the University of Waterloo Computer Graphics Lab (CGL)