Michael J. Grafton

Configuration-Driven Workflow Platform — Lead Architect

• •Lead architect of the workflow engine that composes learner experiences from typed step and component definitions, letting non-engineers assemble accredited programs without code changes
• •Designed the component configuration model and its deserialization into typed backend models, keeping a single source of truth for program structure across services
• •Established the contract discipline for shared workflow types after diagnosing a class of silent data-loss defect in which backend models dropped undeclared configuration fields on save; type changes now ship backend-first in coordinated phases
• •Built the CME certificate and credit-claim path end to end, from workflow component through learner activity tracking to the generated certificate

Tech stack: Java Spring Boot, MongoDB, Vue, Nuxt, TypeScript

Module Federation Migration

• •Lead the initiative decomposing the learner-facing frontend monolith into independently deployable remotes, allowing teams to ship without coordinated releases
• •Defined the shared-singleton strategy for framework and component-library dependencies across the host/remote boundary
• •Introduced a version gate that builds and type-checks every candidate head before merge, closing a failure mode in which Module Federation resolves version mismatches with only a console warning

Tech stack: Nuxt, Vue, TypeScript, Module Federation, Vite, GitHub Actions

Engineering Practice & Delivery Quality

• •Set and run the team's review practice: multi-repository code review with written findings committed to the branch, ticket closeout standards, and release-branch policy
• •Orchestrate multi-service deploys across environments via GitHub Actions, and verify deployed builds with Playwright suites targeted at the changed area
• •Sequence releases for changes spanning the shared internal package libraries and the applications consuming them, keeping published versions and consumers in step
• •Drove team adoption of AI-assisted development, authoring reusable tooling that encodes commit conventions, the review workflow, and ticket closeout so the process holds regardless of who runs it
• •Mentor engineers through design and pull request review, and partner with product on epic scoping, acceptance criteria, and release planning

Visual Basic Modernization Tool

• •Designed, developed, and implemented a Java transformation tool converting Visual Basic 6.0 projects into Java web applications
• •Walked the lexical and syntax trees of VB source to emit equivalent Java applet syntax, mapping VB built-in library calls onto their Java runtime equivalents
• •Converted application UI in parallel with the code path, translating VB form layouts into the company's proprietary XML rendering format
• •Developed requirements and led a team of outsourced engineers implementing the Visual Basic to Nexaweb model generator

Tech stack: Java, J2EE, XML, SVN, Jira

PowerBuilder Bridge

• •Implemented PowerBuilder features within the Nexaweb Java platform to keep legacy transformations behaviorally faithful
• •Diagnosed and resolved defects in transformed Java applications, in both customer application code and the Bridge itself
• •Partnered with QA on test plans and fix verification, and linked Jira issues to SVN revisions to maintain fix-to-release traceability

Embedded Systems

• •Led design, development, test, and deployment phases of the software lifecycle for embedded capabilities written in C
• •Designed and built new embedded prototypes, and ran design and code reviews covering both architectural strategy and code correctness
• •Developed a C++ plug-in for a GUI application driven by Glade XML definitions over a MySQL backend
• •Configured complex network environments supporting distributed systems work

Tech stack: C, C++, VxWorks, Glade, MySQL, Linux

Web Application Framework & Project Tooling

• •Architected a framework for rapidly composing web forms, abstracting the interface to MySQL data behind object-oriented PHP classes
• •Built a web project management tool on that framework featuring bug tracking, project and task management, a shipment registry, and phone call logging
• •Architected the schema definitions for backend MySQL databases across multiple projects
• •Automated operating system updates across lab machines using autorpm

Tech stack: PHP, MySQL, Apache, Linux