Michael Dawson

Node.js lead for Red Hat and IBM

Michael Dawson

Michael Dawson is an active contributor to the Node.js project and chair of the Node.js Technical Steering Committee(TSC). He contributes to a broad range of community efforts including platform support, build infrastructure, N-API, Release, as well as tools to help the community achieve quality with speed (ex: ci jobs, benchmarking and code coverage reporting). As the Node.js lead for Red Hat and IBM , he works with Red Hat's and IBM's internal teams to plan and facilitate their contributions to Node.js and v8 within the Node and Google communities.Past experience includes building IBM's Java runtime, building and operating client facing e-commerce applications, building PKI and symmetric based crypto solutions as well as a number of varied consulting engagements. In his spare time, he uses Node.js to automate his home and life for fun.

Michael Dawson's contributions

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Join the Red Hat team at OpenJS World 2022

Lucas Holmquist +2

Node.js and open source developers are gathering at OpenJS World in Austin. Find out what Red Hatters and IBMers will be presenting there.

Node.js reference architecture
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Node.js community update

Bethany Griggs +1

Learn about upcoming Node.js releases and explore new features including HTTP fetch(), ECMAScript modules, and more.

Node.js reference architecture
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Node.js at Red Hat: 2021 year in review

Michael Dawson +2

The Red Hat Node.js team looks back on highlights from 2021, including Node.js 16 and 17, serverless functions, Next 10, Nodeshift, and more.