Michael Stowe

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Professional technologist and marketer with over 15 years experience. Author, speaker…

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  • RingCentral

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • Board Member, Director of Technical Innovation

    The Access Connection

    - 3 years 1 month

    Economic Empowerment

  • American Red Cross Graphic

    Janitor, Instructor, DSHR, AFES, H&S, Board Member, National Instructor Mentor and Technical Advisor

    American Red Cross

    - 15 years

    Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

  • Habitat for Humanity Graphic

    Board Member, Committee Chair

    Habitat for Humanity

    - 1 year

    Economic Empowerment

Publications

  • Developer Evangelism for Developers

    Nomad PHP

    What is a Developer Evangelist? Is it the right career for me? How do I become a Developer Evangelist? How do I create a Developer Relations strategy? These questions and more are answered in Developer Evangelism for Developers - the book written for developers to help you pursue a successful and long-lived career as a Developer Evangelist.

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  • Designing a Usable, Flexible, Long-Lasting API

    DZone

    See publication

  • Secure Networking for Kubernetes

    DZone Guide to Orchestrating and Deploying Containers

    While Kubernetes has quickly become the leading container orchestrator by greatly reducing many of the challenges of deploying, scaling, and managing containers, it still leaves developers with a basic challenge: building a secure, scalable, and resilient network for containers to be deployed on.

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  • Just Because Github Has a GraphQL API Doesn’t Mean You Should Too

    ProgrammableWeb

    With all the hype surrounding GraphQL, many are wondering if GraphQL is the future of APIs or how does it compare with REST. In this article we look at the strengths and weaknesses of both, while also looking at whether or not their use cases make sense.

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  • [Mini-Book] Pocket Guide to RAML 1.0

    MuleSoft

    Short pocket guide to help developers start using RAML 1.0

    Other authors

  • How API First Design Could Have Avoided These Failures

    ProgrammableWeb

    The idea of design first is extremely simple, and highly cost-effective. Many companies seem to be unaware, or simply choose to take a short-cut to save on the development cycle, exchanging months of refactoring and struggles for a couple of weeks to make sure it was done right.

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  • The Power of RAML

    InfoQ

    The challenge with APIs is that they are usually intended to last, hopefully for years. After all, an API requires a substantial investment on the part of the developer, but also a substantial investment on part of the consumer – who relies on it and has to implement it. RAML helps us address this challenge, by letting us design, prototype, build, document, and share our API all with a single spec.

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  • [Book] Undisturbed REST

    MuleSoft

    APIs are fundamentally changing the way that companies are doing business, creating unprecedented opportunities for innovation and providing new ways to engage with your customers, partners, and employees.

    Undisturbed REST digs into the questions that one must answer to be successful in building and designing their API, while also covering modern design techniques and explaining more complex concepts such as REST and hypermedia as the engine of application state (HATEOAS).

    By…

    APIs are fundamentally changing the way that companies are doing business, creating unprecedented opportunities for innovation and providing new ways to engage with your customers, partners, and employees.

    Undisturbed REST digs into the questions that one must answer to be successful in building and designing their API, while also covering modern design techniques and explaining more complex concepts such as REST and hypermedia as the engine of application state (HATEOAS).

    By following the carefully laid out approaches and taking advantage of the best practices shared in this book, you’ll be armed with the knowledge to build an API your customers will love, as well as one that can be easily integrated and extended.

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  • Building Your API with Spec Driven Development

    CodeProject

    Using Spec Driven Development and tools like RAML, Swagger, or API Blueprint you can be sure to build an API that your users will love while also saving time, energy, and money down the road.

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  • Designing Your API for Longevity

    DZone

    One of the greatest challenges API developers face is creating an API that is flexible enough to pass the tests of time and technology. In other words, creating an API that is built to last. Here are some tips to help you ensure your API has a happy, and long life expectancy – saving you a lot of frustration, and your company a lot of money!

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  • 5 Deadly Programming Sins

    Web and PHP Magazine

    People in the industry are always talking about the best practices, and how they relate to PHP Security and application development. However, sometimes we forget to watch out for the worst practices, deadly sins that can strike even the most proficient programmer.

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  • Prison Theory of Web Development Security

    Website Magazine

    Just like in jails and prisons, all it takes is one second for someone to wreak havoc on your server, or worse, on others by gathering unsecured personal data. A breach that ends up costing far more than it would have to fix the problem initially.

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  • The Role of Testing in Security

    Web and PHP Magazine

    Testing is often overlooked for its value security wise, ensuring that the finish product is not only usable, but in preventing overlooked vulnerabilities from making it to production by locating errors both displayed in the front-end to users, as well as through logs and back-end scripts that can be used to ensure correct validations and sanitizations.

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  • PHP Security for the Real World

    Web and PHP Magazine

    Remember the first time you setup your website. You quickly built it without any bugs, and everything looked exactly as you wanted. As soon as you published your site you were swarmed with visitors who absolutely loved it! In fact, security experts starting calling you up to get your advice, because of how great your site is, and in no time you became a millionaire. Yeah, I had that same dream too, but in the real world programmers make mistakes, and security vulnerabilities find their way into…

    Remember the first time you setup your website. You quickly built it without any bugs, and everything looked exactly as you wanted. As soon as you published your site you were swarmed with visitors who absolutely loved it! In fact, security experts starting calling you up to get your advice, because of how great your site is, and in no time you became a millionaire. Yeah, I had that same dream too, but in the real world programmers make mistakes, and security vulnerabilities find their way into the code.

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  • An Introduction to Traits

    Web and PHP Magazine

    Traits are the arguably the headline feature of PHP 5.4, and they’ve stirred up a lot of interest among developers – like previous updates to the language, they have the potential to make everyone’s lives easier. If you’re not quite up to speed yet, here’s what you need to know.

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Projects

Honors & Awards

  • Best in Communications APIs

    API World

    RingCentral was awarded this year's Best in Communications API award by API World for being a leader in its sector for innovation, being generally well-regarded by the developer community, and for attracting attention and awareness amongst developers.

  • MetriStar Award: CPaaS for CX

    Metrigy

    One of three providers to receive Metrigy’s 2021 MetriStar award for Communications Platform as a Service (#CPaaS), specifically for customer experience purposes.

  • Best API Reference Documentation & Support - Finalist

    API the Docs

    RingCentral was recognized as a finalist for API the Docs "Best API Reference Documentation & Support" for our comprehensive documentation, API reference, and code examples.

  • Best Developer Dashboard

    API the Docs

    RingCentral was recognized as having the "Best Developer Dashboard" by API the Docs for our comprehensive developer dashboard highlighting API calls, call latency, errors, and other information critical for developer success.

  • Best in Communication Innovation

    DeveloperWeek

    RingCentral Developers was awarded this year's Best in Communication Innovation award by DeveloperWeek for continuously being highlighted as a leader in innovation, forging new technologies, and enabling developers to access and provide communication technologies in new ways.

  • RingCentral Focused Award - PMM

    RingCentral

    Recognized with this internal company award for outstanding performance and leadership of RingCentral’s Developer Marketing program, including program growth, innovation, and industry recognition.

  • Best in Communications APIs

    API World

    RingCentral was awarded this year's Best in Communications API award by API World for being a leader in its sector for innovation, being generally well-regarded by the developer community, and for attracting attention and awareness amongst developers.

  • RingCentral QBR Impact Award

    RingCentral

    Recognized for becoming a trusted partner within the company, growing the developer social and event presence, and for organizing RingCentral's developer event: CoderCruise.

  • Best Public API

    Nordic APIs

    RingCentral was awarded this year's Best Public API award by Nordic APIs for providing multi-faceted business communication abilities and providing friendly yet extensive developer program features including documentation, sample apps, and a wide SDK library.

  • Best in Communications API

    API World

    RingCentral was awarded this year's Best in Communications API award by API World for being a leader in its sector for innovation, being generally well-regarded by the developer community, and for attracting attention and awareness amongst developers.

  • Best in API Books

    WhatPixel

    Undisturbed REST listed as one of the 15 Best Books for Learning RESTful Web Services & Custom REST APIs: https://whatpixel.com/best-rest-restful-api-books/

  • 250,000 Slideshare Views

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    Hit the 250k mark for views on slides from my different presentations. Slides available at http://www.mikestowe.com/slides

  • Best Advocate Community - Finalist

    Influitive

    Tigera was named as one of three finalist for Influitive's 2017 Best Advocate Marketing (BAMMIE) award for the Best Advocate Community

  • Tigera Rockstar Award

    -

    Recognized with this internal company award for outstanding performance and leadership of Tigera’s Developer Relations program.

  • DZone MVB

    DZone

    Syndicated Author in DZone's Most Valuable Blogger Program

  • Advocate Marketer of the Year - Finalist

    Influitive

    Nominated and a top 3 finalist for Influitive's 2016 Advocate Marketer of the Year award (congratulations to Michael Beahm who received the award)

  • Best Advocate Community

    Influitive

    MuleSoft received Influitive's 2016 Best Advocate Marketing (BAMMIE) award for the Best Advocate Community

  • TEDx UCDavisSF Speaker

    -

    Received the tremendous privilege and honor of being able to speak on "creativity in the workplace"​ at the first inaugural UCDavisSF TEDx event - put on by UCDavis'​ MBA Program.

    Video available here: http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/The-Dangers-of-Creativity-Micha

  • Innovation Award Nominee

    PHPClasses.org

    Received an Innovation Award Nomination from PHP Classes for my RAML2HTML for PHP script, and took sixth place overall in voting.

  • 100,000 Slideshare Views

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    Hit the 100k mark for views on slides from my different presentations. Slides available at http://www.mikestowe.com/slides

  • 50,000 Slideshare Views

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    Hit the 50k mark for views on slides from my different presentations. Slides available at http://www.mikestowe.com/slides

  • Editor's Pick Award

    FamousWhy

    Received the Editor's Pick Award from Famous Why in their Software Category for my phpScanner script.

  • Innovation Award Nominee

    PHPClasses.org

    Received an Innovation Award Nomination from PHP Classes for my phpScanner script, and took second place overall in voting.

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Sign Languages

    Professional working proficiency

Organizations

  • Developer Marketing Alliance

    Ambassador

    - Present

    https://www.developermarketing.io/meet-the-ambassadors/

  • Product Marketing Alliance

    Executive Member

    - Present

  • Developer Week

    Advisory Board

    - Present

  • US PostgreSQL Association

    Member

    - Present

  • Nomad JS

    Organizer

    - Present

    Nomad JS is a group of JavaScript developers that value continuous learning. We gather online every month to participate in conference-level talks given by some of the best speakers in the JavaScript community.

  • Nomad PHP

    Organizer

    - Present

    Nomad PHP® is a group of PHP developers that value continuous learning. We gather online every month to participate in conference-level talks given by some of the best speakers in the PHP community. As a member of Nomad PHP you'll also receive access to over 200 videos, tutorials, articles, a subscription to [php]architect magazine, and more!

  • ACM

    Member

    - Present

  • API World

    Advisory Board (2016- Present), Program Chair (2019)

    - Present

    API World is one of the larger API Conferences in the Bay Area. The conference, organized by Dev:Network looks to bring in the top speakers from the field, while also offering cross functional sessions on microservices, IoT, integrations, and more at the same time. You can learn more, submit a talk, or sponsor by visiting http://apiworld.co/

  • Northeast PHP Conference

    Volunteer, Board Member

    - Present

    The Northeast PHP Conference is a community PHP conference that takes place in Boston. The conference is a collaborative effort between multiple user groups across the northeast including Boston PHP, Atlantic Canada PHP, and Burlington, Vermont PHP. You can learn more, submit a talk, or sponsor by visiting http://www.northeastphp.org/

  • Application Developers Alliance

    Member

    - Present

  • OWASP

    Member

    - Present

  • Midwest PHP Conference

    Cofounder, Organizer (2012, 2020), Advisor (2013, 2014)

    - Present

    The Midwest PHP Conference is Minnesota's premier PHP conference launching in March 2013. The conference is a collaborative effort between multiple user groups across the midwest and will take place in the Twin Cities. The conference is now run by Jonathan Sundquist, who should be your main point of contact. http://www.midwestphp.com

  • Mobile Marketing Association

    Member

    -

  • Norex

    Member

    -

  • Minnesota PHP

    Event Organizer

    -

    The Minnesota PHP User Group is a community for people to network, share knowledge, and learn about PHP, the various frameworks and open source technologies. http://www.meetup.com/mn-php/

  • Minnesota Open DB

    Organizer

    -

    The Minnesota Open Database User Group is a community for people to network, share knowledge, and learn about different database solutions including MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, Postgres, SQLite, Firebird, and NoSQL solutions including MongoDB and CouchDB. http://www.meetup.com/mn-odb/

  • Twin Cities Software Engineers

    Founder

    -

    The Twin Cities Software Engineers group is a group of developers from across multiple platforms working together to better the information technology field through collaboration, networking, and education. This versatile group is open to anyone, regardless of programming background or skill level. http://www.meetup.com/Twin-Cities-Software-Engineering/

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