Michael Benson
Founder & CEO at Mailreef
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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RockstarMichael Benson is a founder and full-stack engineer with nine years of experience building web products and SaaS businesses from idea to acquisition. Based in Philadelphia, he founded Warmup Inbox, an email warmup SaaS adopted by thousands and acquired in 2021, and now leads Mailreef as CEO. Technically hands-on, he ships across the stack using Angular, Node.js, Python/Django, MySQL and NoSQL, and contributes front-end improvements to notable open-source projects like Microsoft/FAST with a focus on responsive design, theming and accessibility. He combines product-first thinking with practical engineering discipline, often implementing UI polish and accessibility details that many founders delegate. Customers and acquirers alike benefit from his ability to move quickly between code, design and go-to-market.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (17)
css10
typescript10
web-components10
component-library10
front-end-development10
web-developer10
typescript-types10
html10
typescripts10
frontend10
accessibilityservice9
accessibility9
system-design9
webaccess9
system9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
microsoft/fast
May 2020 - Jun 2020
The adaptive interface system for modern web experiences.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 33 PRs, 97 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the development of the front-end components and styles for the `microsoft/fast` repository, an adaptive interface system. Their work involved implementing new feature cards and card sections, updating the website's HTML structure, and modifying CSS styles. The commits demonstrate a focus on responsive design, theming, and accessibility by incorporating features like hover states and focus-within interactions. The user also worked on refining the layout and overall visual presentation of the website's UI.
litweb-componentsadaptivedevelopment-toolsweb-components-schemas
whiskeyraven/server-bug-tracker
Nov 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:23 PRs, 48 pushes, 14 branches in 1 year 1 month
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