Michael Hammond
Sr. Manager, Cloud Professional Services at GE Healthcare
Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Hammond is a backend developer with 8 years of experience building scalable fintech and marketplace systems across Africa, currently helping build a borderless, multi-currency bank at BMONI. He has led engineering and product-focused teams as a former Head of Engineering, Tech Lead (YC W22), and Co-Founder & CTO of Shopa, where he drove backend services and mobile/web integration for informal retail. Michael combines hands-on backend stacks (Node.js, Express, MongoDB) with teaching and mentorship experience from MEST Africa, training developers in web fundamentals, Git workflows, and project-based delivery. He also has practical Web3 and blockchain experience—running workshops and bootcamps and prototyping blockchain POCs for banking and supply-chain use cases. Based in Ghana, he blends entrepreneurial grit with a systems mindset and a reflective leadership philosophy inspired by Ray Dalio on ego and blind spots. Peers describe him as a pragmatic builder who turns complex domain problems into usable products while actively developing the next generation of African tech talent.
8 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BS Economics, BS Economics at University of VermontComputer Science, Computer Science at Plymouth State University
Github Skills (76)
metamask10
javascript9
graphql-query9
react-native9
ios9
android9
api8
browser8
mobile-web8
elections8
react8
blockchain8
ethereum8
voting8
transparency7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
mickeymond/fusion-auth-heroku
Aug 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:20 commits, 20 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
mickeymond/alx-low_level_programming
Feb 2023 - Apr 2023
Contributions:188 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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