Summary
Michael Conrad is a full-stack software developer and longtime creative professional with 11+ years of experience building user-focused web applications and a parallel 20+ year freelance design practice. He blends a strong visual design background—from magazine production and branding—to craft polished, usable interfaces while implementing scalable back-end services using Elixir/Phoenix, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. Currently at Elevance Health, he delivers feature-rich React front ends with Redux and Redux-Observables and maintains production systems with a pragmatic TDD and CI/CD mindset. A founder of a design studio since 2003, he brings entrepreneurial instincts and cross-discipline fluency that help bridge product, design, and engineering teams. Based in Nashville, he’s driven by curiosity and the craft of making complex interfaces feel intuitive.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS Mass Communications Art, BS Mass Communications Art at Towson University
BM Performance, BM Performance at Berklee College of Music
5 Certificates Recording Engineering Live Sound Music Business Audio Production For Advertising MIDI, 5 Certificates Recording Engineering Live Sound Music Business Audio Production For Advertising MIDI at Omega Studios School Of Applied Recording Arts & Sciences
Full Stack Software Development, Full Stack Software Development at Nashville Software School