Chad Michel is CTO for Don’t Panic Labs with more than twenty years of software development and engineering experience. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and a master’s degree in computer science. At Don’t Panic Labs he works with clients to solve problems through innovative software solutions. Chad has worked for several companies in Lincoln, helping build a practice management application for lawyers, developing key features for an ecommerce application, and wrangling an Internet content delivery system into a stable platform. He regularly speaks at technical meetups hosted by Don’t Panic Labs with significant contributions to the company blog. He also enjoys contributing at technical conferences and groups. Chad teaches a Cloud Architecture and Applied AI at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Chad enjoys combat sports and frequently trains taekwondo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.