Michael Lopp
Founder at Pro Leisure Circuit
Los Gatos, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Lopp is a seasoned engineering leader and founder with over a decade of experience scaling product teams and guiding multiple companies through rapid growth and IPOs. He has led large consumer and enterprise engineering organizations at Apple, Slack, Pinterest, and Palantir, building teams, global offices, and product delivery systems that handled hundreds of millions of users. A published author on leadership and engineering culture, he blends hands-on technical judgment with a knack for hiring, design collaboration, and organizational design. Michael now runs Pro Leisure Circuit, applying strategic thinking to niche investments and creative projects while balancing life in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Not obvious from titles alone: he has repeatedly been the go-to operator for turning early-stage velocity into reliable, public-company scale. Based in Los Gatos, he pairs deep product engineering roots with a storyteller’s touch for mentoring and culture.
11 years of coding experience
37 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa Cruz
English
Github Skills (5)
react8
nextjs6
linux5
windows5
raycast3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
randsleadershipslack/documents-and-resources
Feb 2017 - Jan 2023
Documentation and Resources
Contributions:203 commits, 37 PRs, 225 pushes in 5 years 11 months
rands/friendda
Nov 2014 - Dec 2022
Where the FriendDA lives.
Contributions:25 commits, 16 pushes in 8 years 3 months
reactnextjs
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