About Me

Hello! I'm Michael and I'm following my lifelong passion for making great experiences on the web. Way back when, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to program in Apple Basic. I would make all sorts of 'Choose Your Own Adventure' text-based adventures and even graphics on an Apple IIc that my grandmother would bring home from the school she taught at.

After a brief career in hospitality and tourism, I was instrumental in growing a startup and worked my way up to management. When the pandemic forced a career move, I took it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go back to school and pursue my dream of being a software developer.

I am not your ordinary junior developer! I bring a ton of business experience and a whole lot of curiosity. I am fascinated by puzzles and love solving problems. Being a lifelong learner means that you're always delighted by the fact that there is more that you don't know than what you already know.

As a junior front-end developer, I'm looking forward to continuing the start of my new career as a developer on a great team of professionals.

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Personal Projects

Blog Built with React.js

I taught myself React towards the beginning of my internship and found it remarkably intuitive. Click on the screenshot here to take a quick tour of this simple site.

screenshot of blog built with React

Meal Subscription Site Built with React

After working in React for about nine months, I built a mockup meal subscription site. A lot of the functionality is still a work in progress, but you can take a peek by clicking on the screenshot below.

screenshot of blog built with React

React Documentation

I recently took FreeCodeCamp's front end course and built this React documentation guide based on one of the class projects. Click on the screenshot to see the complete project.

screenshot of blog built with React

Work

Malts.com

As a junior developer, I worked on various React functionalities and features for Malts.com. Click on the screenshot to take a tour of the site.

screenshot of blog built with React

Diageo Rare & Exceptional Singapore

I worked on this site as a junior developer. It's a Liquid-based Shopify instance that I created several sections on and did general maintenance for.

screenshot of blog built with React

Skills

JavaScript Logo HTML5 Logo CSS3 Logo React Logo Ember Logo Shopify Logo WordPress Logo Java Logo

Education

University of Minnesota Logo Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Logo

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Today's date is Sun May 04 2025 14:51:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)