Michael Hirst
Head Of Product at sportsYou
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Hirst is a product leader with 15+ years scaling consumer platforms from zero to millions, currently serving as Head of Product at sportsYou in New York. He blends design-led thinking and front-end engineering roots to drive user-centric roadmaps, having progressed internally from Lead Product Designer to Head of Product since 2016. Michael has deep experience shipping mobile and web experiences for high-volume consumer and restaurant platforms, pairing product discovery and data-driven growth tactics with hands-on technology choices. He’s as comfortable prototyping UI and design systems as he is briefing investors and aligning cross-functional teams. A practical generalist, he often surfaces customer insights by bridging support, marketing and engineering to convert feedback into measurable retention and engagement wins.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design, Web Page Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design at School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Github Skills (16)
ios8
react8
android8
react-native7
mobile7
graphql6
gatsbyjs6
cross-platform6
gatsby6
security5
compiler5
static-site-generator4
gitbook3
mobile-development2
javascript2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
paralleldrive/gitbook-plugin-eejs
Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
Custom GitBook styles and behaviors for Learn JavaScript with Eric Elliott
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 month
gitbookjavascript
mhirst/quill-design
May 2026 - Jun 2026
Contributions:5 pushes in 24 days
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