Michael Meeks
CEO at Collabora Productivity
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Meeks is a seasoned open-source technology leader and CEO of Collabora Productivity with 25 years of experience building and shipping productivity and Linux-stack software. He blends executive leadership with hands-on engineering—contributing to Collabora Online and LibreOffice core on backend, full-stack and performance work such as tile rendering, message processing and cluster stability. A long-term LibreOffice contributor and former Director of The Document Foundation, he has helped shape document standards (ODF and OOXML) while guiding product and consulting teams. His background as a Novell/SUSE Distinguished Engineer gives him deep low-level expertise across boot-time, GNOME and accessibility, and he remains based in Cambridge after earning an MEng from the University of Cambridge. Known for a values-driven, community-first approach, he continues to write code and debug production systems while steering strategic direction.
25 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
University of Cambridge
Github Skills (17)
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c-language10
libreoffice10
back-end-development10
websocket10
performance-optimization10
cprogramming-language10
open-source9
opencl8
system-design8
javascript8
mobile5
android-developers5
android5
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
CollaboraOnline/online
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Collabora Online is a collaborative online office suite based on LibreOffice technology. This is also the source for the Collabora Office apps for iOS and Android.
Role in this project:
Back-end & Full-stack Developer
Back-end & Full-stack DeveloperContributions:891 reviews, 503 commits, 1000 PRs in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily worked on enhancing the backend functionality of the Collabora Online office suite, adding features like a server ID for debugging. They also contributed to improving the user interface by addressing the layout and sizing of components. Additionally, the user was involved in optimizing the client-side, particularly regarding the handling of tile rendering and message processing to enhance responsiveness. Furthermore, they addressed issues related to cluster configuration for a more stable operational structure.
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LibreOffice/core
Sep 2013 - Dec 2022
Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & System Architect
Back-end Developer & System ArchitectContributions:2260 commits in 9 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to bug fixes and optimizations within the LibreOffice core repository. Their work involved addressing crashes related to clipboard data handling, help windows, and window management. They also focused on improving the efficiency of the application by eliminating redundant notifications for tab-stop and ruler changes and optimizing the emission of state change messages. Furthermore, they addressed memory leaks and ensured proper initialization of drag-and-drop pointers.
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