Michael Wolbert

Michael is a platform engineering leader with over 12 years of experience optimizing developer productivity and transforming engineering efficiency into measurable business value. He has built and scaled platforms that reduced pipeline lead time by 60%, generated more than €2M in annual savings, and improved developer flow through golden paths, CI/CD optimization, and intelligent tooling. He has partnered with global enterprises including Philips, AkzoNobel, and SVB, delivering systems and frameworks that accelerate delivery, enhance developer experience, and align platform strategy with business outcomes. Michael’s leadership spans distributed teams across Europe, the US, Asia, and Latin America, where he drives initiatives that reclaim lost engineering hours and convert them into lasting velocity, quality, and innovation.