Michael Christoff is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with 11 years of experience building product-focused teams and shipping consumer-scale software from San Francisco. As CEO of The Developer Union and former SVP of Software at Revl, he has led engineering efforts for AI-driven video editing and helped architect a VOD/OTT service supporting 40M+ users at Disney. He previously bootstrapped a mobile studio (cloud.tv) to $2M+ revenue and launched YC-backed Mixwit to millions of monthly users, demonstrating a knack for product-market fit and sustainable growth. Michael blends hands-on engineering and team-building with an operator’s instinct for scaling products and revenue, and his background spans frontend engineering, patents in digital ink processing, and early work on high-traffic platforms like NFL.com.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Y Combinator
BS Psychology, BS Psychology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Contributions:7 PRs, 56 pushes, 10 branches in 2 years 6 months
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