Michael Lawrie
Chief Technology Officer at Auctogon
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Lawrie is a Technical Principal with 14 years of experience transforming massively complex systems to operate at scale, currently leading architecture and delivery at Thoughtworks from Denver. He has progressed through technical and leadership roles at Thoughtworks—Technical Lead to Head of Technology—demonstrating a mix of hands-on engineering, strategic direction, and cross-functional coaching. His background in New Media and early research into real-time collaboration gives him a unique lens on UX-driven distributed systems and developer tooling. Comfortable across front-end and large-scale backend concerns, he focuses on pragmatic, auditable solutions that enable teams to ship reliably. Known for "making things" at Thoughtworks, he blends craftsmanship with operational rigor to turn ambiguity into resilient platforms.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Worked torwards Bachelor, Computer Science, Worked torwards Bachelor, Computer Science at University of TorontoBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), New Media, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), New Media at Toronto Metropolitan University
Github Skills (13)
gradle-plugin7
ruby6
testing6
cors4
gradle4
sonarqube-scanner3
angularjs3
amazon-s33
css1
height1
javascript1
line-height1
energy1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mlawrie/mlawrie.github.io
Apr 2015 - Aug 2025
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 10 years 5 months
mlawrie/YAJTL--Yet-another-Java-TUIO-Library
Feb 2012 - May 2013
Contributions:10 commits in 1 year 3 months
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