Hello, I'm

Michael Sanford

Director of Operations & Privacy Officer
Cybersecurity Cloud Architecture SOC 2 & Compliance Polyglot Developer Privacy & Governance
I lead operations, security, and compliance at a cloud-native software company, bridging nearly a decade of hands-on software engineering with the governance, privacy, and risk management that modern organizations need to get right. I build security programs (SOC 2 Type II), architect enterprise cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure), and design tools that developers love to use.

Professional Credentials

CompTIA CySA+ ce Certification

CompTIA

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft

Heart & Stroke: Standard First Aid - Level C (16h)

Heart & Stroke Foundation

Featured Projects

Mortimer mortgage paydown simulator and calculator dashboard showing amortization and statistics

Mortimer

React TypeScript PWA Offline

A privacy-first, PIPEDA/Loi 25-compliant Progressive Web App for simulating mortgage paydowns, comparing renewal and refinancing rates, and planning home equity (HELOC) borrowing. Tailored for Canadian mortgages, it runs fully locally with no server dependencies and is available in multiple languages.

wtop terminal system monitor showing CPU, memory, GPU and process metrics

wtop

Go Terminal

A self-contained, single-binary terminal system monitor for Windows, inspired by htop — real-time CPU, memory, GPU, and process metrics.

Trayage

C# .NET 10 GitHub Bitbucket GitLab

A Windows system tray app that consolidates GitHub, Bitbucket Cloud, and GitLab.com activity into a unified inbox with native Windows toast alerts.

Boomoji progressive web app home screen showing eight colourful emoji game modes

Boomoji

Vanilla JS PWA Offline

A mobile-first progressive web app emoji game for toddlers — tap, pop, and discover across eight game modes.

IntelcomTracker

IntelcomTracker

C# .NET

A custom tracking dashboard and scraper for monitoring Canadian Intelcom Express package delivery status.

pwsh in Switch-AwsProfile

Switch-AwsProfile

PowerShell

An interactive PowerShell CLI tool that provides quick profile switching for AWS SSO accounts with arrow-key navigation.

mdr README.md

mdr

C# .NET

A terminal and web Markdown reader and renderer, delivering fast and beautiful document styling.

UnClear — removes the "Verify with CLEAR" buttons in LinkedIn

UnClear

Edge/Chrome Extension

A lightweight user script and extension designed to clean up LinkedIn profiles by removing the 'Verify with CLEAR' buttons.

Node-Virtualization organization logo

node-virtualbox

Maintainer Node.js

A popular Node.js library wrapper around the VirtualBox VBoxManage CLI tool to manage and control virtual machines.

speak-epub

Speak-EPUB

Python

A Python tool that converts EPUB eBooks into high-quality audiobooks using Microsoft Edge's neural text-to-speech engine.

Connect & Network