Michael D
Company Owner at starbeam.one
Charlotte, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael D is a seasoned .NET developer and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience building commercial software, currently running starbeam.one, a C#/.NET 8 digital publishing marketplace powered by Blazor Server and hosted in Azure. He founded and led consultancy DragonSpark Technologies and earlier cut his teeth as the first employee at WildTangent, bringing a blend of startup grit and enterprise consulting expertise. Comfortable across full-stack .NET development, cloud-hosted solutions, and product ownership, he combines hands-on coding with strategic product direction. Based in Charlotte, Michigan, he has a track record of shipping production systems since the early 2000s and evolving legacy knowledge into modern architectures. His GitHub persona—“ambitious coder, pardon the mess”—hints at a pragmatic builder who prioritizes shipping and iteration over perfection. He pairs entrepreneurial drive with deep practical experience in Azure and Blazor, making him effective at turning publishing and marketplace ideas into live products.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Github Skills (200)
benchmark10
linq10
csproj10
xml-serializer10
component-library10
visual-studio10
dto10
blazor-server10
paypal10
handbrake10
efcore10
github-app10
blazor10
interception10
api10
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
ExtendedXmlSerializer/home
Nov 2016 - Jan 2023
A configurable and eXtensible Xml serializer for .NET.
Contributions:23 releases, 2 reviews, 998 commits in 6 years 2 months
pococsharp-sourcegeneratorobjectmapperextensionscustom-serializer
SuperDotNet/superdotnet.run
Jun 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:49 commits, 50 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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