Michael Averto is a product-focused founder and software professional with 13 years of experience building operational tooling for commerce and supply chains, now working on product at Shopify in New York. He founded ChannelApe to replace spreadsheets and manual ops with managed commerce operations and previously led Otreva, a software engineering firm delivering mobile and web apps. His background blends hands-on engineering—evidenced by open-source contributions to the Amazon ECS agent improving container stop-time handling—with product-led growth and business development. He also created D2C Academy, sharing operational insights for direct-to-consumer brands, and runs Founders Club NY to support startup founders. Comfortable at the intersection of engineering, operations and go-to-market, he brings a pragmatic builder’s mindset to scaling product and fulfillment systems. A detail-minded operator, he pairs supply-chain experience from Walmart cold-chain logistics with startup grit to deliver reliable, outcome-driven tools.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor Business Management & Marketing, Bachelor Business Management & Marketing at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Contributions:8 commits, 1 PR, 12 comments in 3 days
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on enhancing the ECS agent's functionality by implementing and adjusting container stop timeouts via an environment variable. They also addressed type mismatches in test files and ensured proper calculation of the stop container timeout. These changes involved modifications to the configuration files and the core engine logic, demonstrating a focus on improving the agent's container management capabilities. The user's contributions directly addressed bug fixes and feature enhancements within the codebase.
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