Summary
Michael Dawson is a founder and software engineer with 13 years' experience building full‑stack products using Typescript, React/React Native and Ruby on Rails. He currently leads Impulse, a wearable app tackling addiction and impulse control, and invests at seed stage with Hitchhiker Ventures, combining operator experience with early‑stage dealmaking. Previously he led engineering at Air Robe and shipped consumer and marketplace platforms at companies like Marketplacer and Marley Spoon, often bridging product, infrastructure and mobile clients. A pragmatic builder with a mechanical engineering background, he blends rapid prototyping and customer development (Codefi alum) to turn behavioral science ideas into shipped hardware‑enabled software. Based in Mexico City, he’s open to pitches and collaboration but not seeking traditional employment.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering; Innovation and entrepreneurship, Bachelor, Mechanical Engineering; Innovation and entrepreneurship at University of Adelaide
Vocational Graduate Certificate, Enterprise Development, Vocational Graduate Certificate, Enterprise Development at TAFE NSW
German, French