Michael Downey

Michael is the global community manager for OpenMRS, the world's largest open source health IT project. At OpenMRS, he’s responsible for the project's technology infrastructure, community outreach, and contributor mentorship programs. Michael’s professional experience spans two decades as an IT consultant, working in both small start-ups and international corporations. Michael has two engineering degrees from Purdue University and is currently earning a doctorate in human-computer interaction at Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing, where his research focuses on cross-cultural computer-supported cooperative work.