Mike Heydlauf is a Principal Informatics Engineer and Software Development Manager for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics. At Siemens, he also serves as a user experience evangelist and the head of the UX Center of Excellence in Cary, NC.

Mike is also a father, a fisherman, a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu purple belt, a computer science hobbyist, a mixed martial arts fight promoter, and a heck of a nice guy.

In his free time he enjoys spending time with his family and writing about himself in the third person.

A couple of Mike's personal software projects:

• A physics-based puzzle game in WPF.
• A fun little practical joke app for the iPhone.