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Michael Mao

VP of Engineering

United States19 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years in technology leadership roles.
  • Expert in SRE and distributed systems.
  • Proven track record in building resilient platforms.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned technology executive specializing in SaaS and infrastructure engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sre LeadershipCloud NetworkingSecurity EngineeringDistributed Systems

Other Skills

strategic planningarchitecture upgradeZero TrustCDNWAFinfrastructure scalingperformance optimizationtechnical cooperationbackend system developmentdata processing workflowstesting and debuggingsystem reliability

About

Technology executive with 20+ years of experience specializing in large scale distributed systems, site reliability engineering, and secure edge network platforms. With a strong technical foundation from UC Berkeley and a progressive engineering career at Google, I have led backend system development, SRE operations, reliability programs, and global infrastructure scaling across mission-critical platforms serving billions of users At Cloudflare as VP, I directed strategy and execution for global edge networking, Zero Trust security, CDN, and WAF platforms, overseeing cross-regional engineering and product organizations. I drove architecture evolution, performance optimization, and enterprise grade security initiatives while partnering with major enterprise and cloud providers to expand Cloudflare’s global footprint I bring deep expertise in SRE leadership, distributed systems reliability, cloud networking, security engineering, and high performance infrastructure, with a proven track record of building resilient platforms and high performing technical teams

Experience

19 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
9 yrs 11 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Cloudflare

VP

Apr 2018Jan 2023 · 4 yrs 9 mos · California, United States · Hybrid

  • As VP of Cloudflare, I am fully responsible for the strategic planning and architecture upgrade of the core security and network platform covering Zero Trust, CDN, and WAF , lead cross regional engineering and product teams to promote infrastructure scaling and performance optimization, and lead technical cooperation with large enterprise customers and cloud service providers. At the same time, I develop technology roadmaps and execution schedules to ensure delivery quality, system stability, and long term evolution of the platform
strategic planningarchitecture upgradeZero TrustCDNWAFinfrastructure scaling+4

Google

3 roles

SRE Manager

Promoted

Jan 2011Mar 2017 · 6 yrs 2 mos · California, United States · On-site

Senior SRE Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2005Jan 2011 · 6 yrs · California, United States · On-site

Engineer

Jan 2002Jan 2005 · 3 yrs · California, United States · On-site

  • As an Engineer at Google from 2002 to 2005, I contributed to backend system development and performance optimization supporting Google’s core search and web infrastructure. I implemented service features, built internal tools to improve data processing workflows, and participated in testing and debugging distributed systems used across search indexing and data pipelines. I collaborated with senior engineers to enhance system reliability, optimize query performance, and support early adoption of large scale computing frameworks, ensuring stability and efficiency for rapidly growing user traffic
backend system developmentperformance optimizationdata processing workflowstesting and debuggingsystem reliabilitydistributed systems

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Master's degree — Computer Science

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