Mike Shaver (born February 17, 1977) is a former Engineering Director at

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. He is also known for his work on several

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projects. He has been involved in the development of many of the technologies that enable interactive web pages, such as the

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language.

Background

Shaver attended high school at

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, where he began working with Ingenia Communications Corporation, an Ottawa-area computer consultancy that later dissolved. His efforts saw him rise from a summer student who worked as a

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and

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to chief

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and eventually Chief technical officer (CTO).

Career

Shaver eventually left to work at

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and later zerøknowledge, Cluster File Systems, and the

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. Beginning as a visiting developer, he quickly rose through the ranks and eventually gained

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fame by becoming a founding member of the

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in 1998. He served as VP of Engineering and VP of Technical Strategy for the

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where he helped people understand, build, and benefit from an open

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. He became associated within the discussions of web standardization and also performed gatekeeper role. At Mozilla, Shaver worked with

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, who also later began working at Facebook. Shaver was also at the center of the "ten fucking days" imbroglio wherein he wrote on his business card "ten fucking days" referencing a recent ten-day turnaround for a security flaw from notification to releasing a fixed version of

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. His intent was to show confidence in Mozilla's ability to quickly address security issues, but it was misunderstood as a general or official Mozilla policy. Shaver stayed at Mozilla for six years before he transferred to Facebook, where he became the director of engineering from 2011 to 2016. In 2016, Shaver returned to Canada and joined Real Ventures. His first investment was the startup called ''integrate.ai'', where he also serves as CTO. In 2022, Shaver began working for

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as a Distinguished Engineer.

References

External links

Mike Shaver's Weblog, ''noise from signal''
* ''Shaverman'' webcomic,
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