Steve Kangas
Senior Software Engineer
Role
Being a Senior Software Engineer, Steve leads development projects and mentors other developers.
Career
Steve’s development career started in 1995 when he was working as a student at Michigan Tech University. Steve was hired by the Local Technical Assistance Program as a Software Engineer and helped to develop a roadway management system using GIS technology which was in its early commercial stages. Steve continued in this role for 11 years before joining Xeratec as a Senior Software Engineer in 2006.
Fuel
Although Steve considers himself a dinosaur, he still likes to learn new frameworks, new technologies, and new concepts. Steve also likes to dust off his older technology shoes once in a while. Steve says that combining these two things is what he really enjoys. He likes to take a concept written in an older technology and bring it into the present.
Fun Fact
Steve started his work career at 14 years old as a tour guide for the Arcadian Copper Mine. He wasn’t old enough for a driver’s license so he had to ride a moped 9 miles to work after school. Uphill. Both ways. Being a tour guide at such a young age gave him the beginnings of the communication skills he would need in his professional career.
Special Skill
Steve does a mean version of Froggy Been A-Courtin and he did ride uh-huh.
Secret Weapon
Steve’s secret weapon is very impressive. But if he told you, it wouldn’t be secret anymore.
