Michael Houghton
Co-Founder at Debox Technologies Ltd
United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Houghton is a founder and AI-focused builder based in the UK who combines 12 years of entrepreneurial experience with two decades of hands-on Laravel development. As Co-Founder of Community Wolf and owner of Debox Technologies, he designs AI-enabled products that help organizations adopt automation and outsource mundane knowledge work. Michael funds and co-builds startups from project profits, having launched six ventures to date and embracing failure as part of rapid iteration. His background in structural engineering and leadership roles at AECOM give him a systems-thinking approach to product and safety-critical problems. Passionate about reducing boredom through constant learning, he pairs practical engineering with a people-first drive to bring AI into real-world workflows. Unusually, he channels client revenue directly into new ventures, aligning commercial delivery with startup incubation.
12 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Structural Engineering with Architecture, Civil Engineering, First Class, Structural Engineering with Architecture, Civil Engineering, First Class at The University of EdinburghMaths, Architecture, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, 5 A's, Maths, Architecture, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, 5 A's at St Andrew's College, Grahamstown
Spanish, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English
Github Skills (2)
cakephp10
documentation10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MichaelHoughton/cakephp-file-uploader
Feb 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
CakeCoded/CkEditor
Nov 2016 - Apr 2020
CKEditor Helper for CakePHP 3.x
Contributions:34 commits, 29 PRs, 17 pushes in 3 years 6 months
phpckeditorcakephp
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