Kevin M Miller
I help organizations modernize legacy systems, strengthen security posture, and deliver scalable technology solutions.
I Didn’t Plan to Become an Expert in Concrete Forensics — But Then a Client’s $100K Project Failed in Front of Me
At Echelon Foundry, we’re used to being pulled into unusual problems.
The Cost of Keeping Something: A Real-World Lesson in Incentives, Technology, and Human Behavior
When you spend enough time doing diagnostics — the technical kind or the human kind — you eventually notice something: most con...
A Rejection, a Misconception, and What It Actually Means
Early in my career, I encountered one of the more formative professional experiences I have had, though not in the way I expect...
Bad Assumptions
Over the past few days, I’ve seen a number of posts questioning how employees handle adversity, often framed as tests of charac...
The $45 Tool That Saved My $35K Bathroom—And What It Taught Me About Building Software
I recently spent over $35,000 having a bathroom professionally built. New tile, new layout, high-end finishes—the works. I trus...
The One Who Showed Up
We were shopping for higher-end lighting—ceiling fans, fixtures, and accent pieces that would complement the design of our home...
Selected Speaking Engagements
C# & .NET Development
- Covariance and Contravariance in C#
- Code Contracts
- Dependency Injection
- Dynamic Language Runtime in C#
- Functional Programming in C#
- Introduction to LINQ
- New Features in C# 7
- Obfuscation in .NET
- App Performance Monitoring Solution
JavaScript & Functional Programming
- Introduction to JavaScript
- Currying in JavaScript
- Functional Pipelining
Security & Hacking
- SQL Injection: Attacking the System
- Social Engineering
- The Psychopathic Profile
- Hacking .NET and IIS
Software Culture & Agile
- Agile and Scrum using TFS
- The Cultural Requirements of Agile
- My Team is Awesome (and Yours Is Too)
General Technical Topics
- Regular Expressions
- Time: Taking a Minute to Ponder It
- Git: The Last Database You'll Ever Need
- Introduction to F#
Executive Experience
Ren
- Led 9 engineering teams supporting 17 of the top 20 financial institutions in the DAF space.
- Reduced time-to-market from 6 weeks to 2 days via CI/CD, branching, and release strategy redesign.
- Cut over $500K in annual OPEX by consolidating vendors and modernizing infrastructure.
- Improved roadmap predictability to within 10% variance by aligning delivery with metrics and planning.
- Served on Enterprise Architecture and Security Compliance Boards guiding org-wide technical governance.
T2 Systems
- Stabilized 300+ production environments through coordinated deployment strategies.
- Built a low-overhead .NET CLR Profiler for deep diagnostics and exception tracing.
- Reformed cross-team Agile practices and modernized Azure DevOps pipelines.
TCC Software Solutions
- Reduced software licensing costs by $250K/year by reconfiguring Microsoft Gold Partner usage.
- Architected statewide system for Indiana DNR to manage water resource data and infrastructure.
- Founded internship program and community tech meetups to grow hiring funnel and brand visibility.
Known for blending deep engineering expertise with strategic leadership across C#/F#/.NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, distributed systems, microservices, and cloud architecture (AWS, Azure).
Let’s Connect
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