Michael Lovitt
Co-Founder & CTO at Flipwise
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Lovitt is a veteran software engineer and technical founder with 17 years of experience building high-scale media platforms and product-focused startups from Austin, Texas. As a founding engineer and later VP of Engineering and Chief Architect at Vox Media, he helped grow the company from niche blogs into a global media network reaching hundreds of millions monthly, shaping both the technology stack and engineering organization. He now co-leads Flipwise as Co-Founder & CTO, applying automation and data-driven tooling to help resellers optimize and scale their businesses. Michael’s career blends hands-on engineering, product sensibility, and organizational leadership—from early consultancy projects and UX-driven roles to shaping flagship brands like The Verge and Vox. Colleagues would note his rare mix of long-term systems thinking and willingness to roll up his sleeves on code and architecture.
17 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (57)
encapsulation10
resque10
mvc10
rails10
ruby10
form-objects10
html10
job-scheduling10
queue10
google-cloud-tasks9
mongoid9
ruby-on-rails9
relay9
rake9
activerecord9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
castolonco/castolon
Apr 2023 - Apr 2023
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
castolonco/ebay_request
Jun 2023 - Oct 2023
eBay API request interface
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
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