About

Professional

I build and manage products for the web, as well as the teams and processes that effectively deliver them.

I've gained a reputation as an engineer and technical product manager with a proclivity for analytics. I have a passion for shipping code that drives business growth and delights customers. With a focus on data-driven solutions, I tackle complex technical challenges by solving for the why through qualitative and quantitative data. I have a passion for shipping early and often, and love to stay close to the customer feedback loop.

With a proven track record, I am adept at both driving product roadmaps and executing on the code that brings them to life. My focus on analytics and close attention to customer feedback ensures my teams and I are solving the right problems for both customers and business stakeholders.

Highlights

• Contributed to Pendo.io's growth as employee #27; from 30 employees to 400+ employees and from pre-revenue to $30MM+ ARR

• Proven and confident frontend engineer with a passion for mentoring and a penchant to always be shipping

• Maniacal focus on customer experience guiding new product offerings from acquisition to full launch and beyond, both through roadmapping + the code to bring those plans to life

• Skilled people manager with successful track record of experience leading highly performing and specialized teams

Career

Around 2012 I began to specialize in front end development and hone my web building and problem solving skills. I built and shipped a few dozen websites and created various open source projects. I later came to specialize in analytics and animations, which allowed me to work on varied and interesting projects.

As my engineering skills matured I got into the deeper complexities of application development by contributing to more established front-end teams. Eventually that worked out so well, that I was asked to manage and lead a front-end application development team. At the time of my resignation I was told that “I was running the top performing software team in the company.” Achieving this level of maturity and operational efficiency was challenging work, but once things were humming along – besides a bit of constant gardening – there wasn't much challenge left for me to conquer. Helping others grow their careers is and will always feel deeply rewarding, but I was ready to keep pushing myself to further grow my skills.

I have a propensity in my life to “always be shipping,” and spending three years in the Product Management space at Pendo gave me the experience to make moving into product management an easy and natural progression. PM allows me to affect change at a company in a very meaningful way, and while I'm not directly coding features I tend to now have greater influence developing product strategy and positioning.

I'm currently a Product Manager for Insightsoftware, shaping the future of the company's operational reporting market offerings with my new product Angles.

Personal

This is where I share my thoughts, code, and projects with the internet. I am a multidisciplinarian, lifelong student, and hobby collector. I am a tinkerer, a huge nerd, and a forever curious learner. I am a dog person, an outgoing introvert, a coffee lover, but best of all a happy husband & dad.

I've had various nicknames; from them the ones I've worn most proudly are "Moogle" and "Mikepedia." Sure they're silly portmanteaus, but they're special to me as they speak to what I feel is my true nature; to be unwaveringly curious with an intense desire for understanding.

Hobbies & Interests

This Site

This is a Jamstack website built with React. Version control is handled by Git, and the code lives in GitHub. The continuous integration build pipeline is powered by GitHub Actions.

Made with ❤️ and ☕️ in North Carolina's Research Triangle.

Build d26cb0c was deployed on Mar 9th, 2023.