Mike Fidel
Software Engineer
Half Moon Bay, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorMichael Fidel is a software engineer and open-source contributor based in El Granada, California, blending 14+ years of mainframe COBOL/CICS development with modern Java, YAML/JSON, and OpenAPI expertise. He contributes to the NDExbio.org project at UCSD School of Medicine and focuses on building tools that wow developers, scientists, and academics. A Distinguished Toastmaster with multiple leadership roles, he holds Microsoft, EMC, and CompTIA certifications and is bilingual in English and Japanese. His career spans engineering, product development, and leadership across Genentech, Micro Focus, and Fortel, including APAC channel management, reflecting strong cross-functional and cross-cultural capabilities. He earned an MA in International Business Management from Sophia University and a BA in Comparative Culture from Long Island University, highlighting a broad, interdisciplinary foundation. He combines hands-on coding with a passion for open-source impact, aiming to deliver auditable, scalable solutions that bridge research and production.
8 years of coding experience
Stackoverflow
706reputation
152kreached
9answers
12questions
openapi
top-5%
Github Skills (25)
swagger10
openapi310
oas10
swagger-ui10
api10
rest10
rest-api10
openapi3110
openapi10
javascript9
css9
redoc9
open-source8
rest-server7
api-requests7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ndexbio/openapi-reader
Mar 2018 - Dec 2020
An OpenAPI reader application giving users the ability to view the NDEx rest api and interactively "try out" NDEx api requests.
Contributions:10 PRs, 25 pushes, 9 branches in 2 years 9 months
ndexapiapi-requestsabilityreader
ndexbio/openapi-specification
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
OpenAPI specification for the ndexbio.org rest server api and used by ndextools/openapi-reader. This repository is created by Mike Fidel and transferred to NDEx project in March 2018.
Contributions:10 PRs, 52 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
ndexapimarchrest-serveropenapi-specification
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