Recommendations

In their words.

All 11 LinkedIn recommendations, verbatim. Engineering peers, direct reports, Fortune 500 client-side leaders, and a founder-CEO who hired Mike as employee two. Grouped by relationship for readability; sorted by relevance within each group.

01 / Client-side leaders + Fortune 500 clients

From the people who hired us.

  • Michael is the most skilled end-to-end application designer/developer that I have worked with in my career. He is extremely detail-oriented and delivers an insane level of quality. I have worked with him locally and remotely, on numerous projects here at EA, he has been consistently exceptional; Michael is a true professional.

    Jerimy Abner
    Conversational AI Product Development Electronic Arts & Accenture alum
    Jerimy was Michael's client at Electronic Arts January 2016
  • Mike is simply one of the best (if not the best) User Interface Developers I have ever worked with in the many years I've been in the website development world. He always keeps up with the latest frameworks and quickly becomes an expert at just about everything (AngularJS, Bootstrap, etc). His code is extremely organized. He also pays very close attention to requirements and he understands the business context. He gives recommendations to make the end result better.

    Mark Bieschke
    CTO RPA
    Mark managed Michael directly January 2016
  • I worked with Michael on two different [engagements] — Electronic Arts and Barnes and Noble. While at Electronic Arts, we brought him into the organization as a consultant to manage a pretty complex front-end infrastructure. Over two years ago, he was pushing the envelope of HTML5 and CSS3 capabilities while understanding the business need. At Barnes and Noble, he had a similar role but was in charge of our reading functionality online. In both occasions, he not only met but exceeded my expectations and pushed the envelope of what modern browsers can handle. I would absolutely recommend Michael and his firm for any extremely difficult web projects in the future.

    David Rowland
    Engineering leader Electronic Arts & Barnes & Noble
    David managed Michael directly August 2013
  • I have worked with Michael on several projects. He is extremely talented and consistently pushes the envelope with front end technologies. Michael writes code with the highest level of integrity and from an architectural viewpoint so that it can be built upon and extended by others. I would highly recommend him especially when you need something built on a solid foundation or when the projects are cutting edge.

    Michael Wolfe
    Director of Technology RPA
    Michael was Mike's client at RPA August 2013
02 / Founder narrative

From the founder-CEOs we built with.

  • Mike was an early hire at TopLine Game Labs, and he was the first candidate for which I wrote down "I LOVE HIM" on my interview notes. He hasn't disappointed. Mike really knows his stuff and is an energetic and eager engineer. He can accomplish complex tasks and solve really difficult problems—he is somewhat of a prodigy. He is also just a lot of fun to be around. I highly recommend Mike and look forward to working with him again in the future.

    Edwin Pankau
    Finance & Product Management leader TopLine Game Labs · Yahoo · MBA, UCLA · Engineering, Harvard
    Edwin worked with Michael at TopLine on different teams January 2016
  • Mike is an incredibly gifted software architect and engineer whose experience enables him to make informed technology decisions. In addition to being a highly efficient developer, Mike serves as an excellent mentor to the engineers on his team. He is a great collaborator and always has a positive solution-oriented attitude. Other than that he's simply a lot of fun to have on the team!

    David Geller
    Founder TopLine Game Labs / DailyMVP
    David managed Michael directly January 2016
03 / Engineering peers + direct reports

From the engineers who worked alongside Mike.

  • Mike is easily the best manager and technologist I've had the great fortune to work with. He not only gets the technology, but he also gets people, and this combination allows him to figure out how to approach a problem, set realistic goals, and actually meet them. All while keeping both the clients and the developers happy. When all is said and done, even the most complex and difficult problems can feel, in some sense, "easy".

    Eric Brody
    Tech Lead Manager Meta Reality Labs Research
    Eric reported to Michael directly August 2013
  • I worked with Michael on a project that was critical to release and on a short deadline. With his help we were able to meet our release goals on time. He then assisted with the maintenance and performance updates going forward. He is incredibly professional and raised our engineering standards to a new high. Easy to work with. Any team would be lucky to have him.

    Joseph Elsey
    Staff Software Engineer Clear Channel Outdoor
    Joseph worked with Michael but they were at different companies January 2024
  • Michael is the kind of technologist that adds a great blending of skill, personality and creativity to any development team. He has excellent analytic skills, extensive software development experience, including both back-end and front-end systems, web services, complex UI work and traditional web interfaces.

    James Vitale
    Senior Solutions Architect Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    James worked with Michael on different teams August 2013
  • Working alongside Michael was great. Michael is very knowledgeable and was always open to helping with his knowledge. He helped me upskill my knowledge and was open to exploring any crazy ideas for resolving issues.

    Emmanuel Vazquez
    Xamarin Enterprise Mobile App Consultant Independent
    Emmanuel worked with Michael on the same team December 2023
  • Mike is a great hard worker. He always is diligent in his duties and reports back in a timely manner. His skills are far beyond others in his line of work.

    Amir Hashmani
    Principal DevOps / Systems Engineer Information Sciences Institute
    Amir worked with Michael on the same team September 2013
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