Michael Flores

Hands-on in new client acquisition, project management, and development. Our clients range from seed-stage startups to late-stage ventures such as LaForge Optical (augmented reality startup), Sides of a Horn film production (Richard Branson-funded film), and Tune Studio (healthcare hardware startup).

* Contribute new features and fixes * Design technical roadmap * Contribute to Tech organization design and implementation of workflow process improvements * Run team standups and mentor team members * Review changes across frontend repository

Lead Video Client team, growing from a self-directed collective to a focused group with a versioned, documented, tested, continuously deployed JS & React library and documentation site.

Leading the ZeniMax account client relationship and managing frontend software development, as well as creating and staffing the Verys Austin office.

May 2017 - August 2019: I lead the frontend development teams working with Zenimax to build Bethesda.net. It's one of the most visited sites in the gaming industry and the entry point to keeping up with and purchasing from Bethesda Game Studios, creators of The Elder Scrolls and Fallout series. Technologies: React, Redux, Material UI, Node, Koa, AWS (CloudFormation, CodeBuild, Lambda, EC2, and more) October 2017 - May 2017: I lead the Verys development team for Blue Star Sports, one of the fastest growing global providers of sports technology . Backed by the NFL, Blue Star Sports is poised to become the industry leader in the multi-billion dollar youth sports market by centralizing all operations and providing a complete solution for all youth sports leagues, clubs, and associations.

I focus on creating elegant experiences for our clients and delivering maintainable, scalable code. Beyond coding, I provide creative input and assist in ideation to come up with innovative solutions. Projects and technologies: Esports Arena, employee and member management software – React, Redux, & Bootstrap 4 frontend Esports Arena is North America’s first dedicated eSports facility. Esports Arena hosts daily video game competitions, produces unique digital content, and rents space/equipment to the eSports/interactive entertainment industry at a fraction of the cost of traditional venues. Verys is building the software platform that will power the Arena's business as it expands into new experiences across the country. This new platform is being built with React and Bootstrap 4. Blizzard Tespa site – Server-side rendering, Jade + jQuery frontend, NodeJS backend Tespa is the leader in collegiate esports on campus and on the competitive stage. The platform is a network of college hubs that host the best collegiate esports events and competitions, broadcasted to audiences through partnerships with ESPN and Twitch. Verys is building the next generation of the Tespa site, which users use to learn about Tespa offerings, sign up, and manage their collegiate chapters and events. Verys, one of the fastest-growing private companies in Orange County, is a technology consulting and development firm with a mission of building quality software for clients. It counts American Airlines, Hyundai/Kia, Disney, Active Networks, Option Care, Edwards Life Sciences and Stearns Lending as key clients.

Key technology: - Backbone - Foundation UI - Webpack - Grunt I design and implement application architecture, build an internal enterprise front-end application framework, and contribute to the application strategies and roadmap for a suite of applications. My primary areas of focus are core development, design and direction of application architecture, and alignment of architecture with business objectives and high-level company technology direction. Key functions: • Collaborate with multiple teams during both design and development phases to ensure adherence to UI architectural standards and best practices • Work with teams to drive the development of a modern user interface layer • Document standards and ensure they are effectively implemented by the development teams and understood by technology partners • Design and develop proof of concept prototypes for advanced features and designs • Provide technical guidance to multiple development teams as required • Promote cross-team synergy and alignment to optimize code-sharing and adherence to UI/UX standards

Key technology: - Angular - Bootstrap - Ionic - Grunt I determine the most efficient approach to meet business requirements and translate those requirements into well-engineered, tested, and deployed application systems. Omniclient is an AngularJS application that tens of thousands of associates in Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores use to manage their relationships with customers.

Web design and web development for the university. I work on planning, designing, and implementing new sites and updating existing sites with various university departments.

Independent contributor to HuffPost.

• Managed and coordinated field operations across five local campaigns, including county-level and state legislature races • Set and implemented field strategy • Managed and coordinated field operations across five local campaigns, including county-level and state legislature races • Volunteer recruitment, training, and deployment, and voter targeting and analysis

Summer internship in field operations, responsible for volunteer recruitment, training, and voter outreach and polling.

Manage a 6-person investment partnership, founded by me and a partner.

Provided support operations for both OFA (the grassroots arm of the Democratic National Committee) and the 2010 Congressional campaign of Justin Coussoule.

Intern responsible for updates to Glenn Research Center websites, 3-D modeling and design for community outreach projects.