Michael Millian
Managing Director Retail & Marketing at Duty Free Partners (DFP)
San Diego, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Millian is a commercial retail and marketing executive who currently serves as Managing Director for Duty Free Partners, driving strategy, P&L and operations across 25 luxury travel retail boutiques in the Americas. He combines hands-on retail leadership with a background in global partnerships and SaaS go-to-market roles, having scaled teams of 150+ and helped incubate enterprise channels in fraud-prevention software. An MBA-trained executive with advanced management study at Tuck, he advises AI-enabled travel retail startups and sits on boards, blending corporate governance with startup agility. Michael’s career traces back through progressive operational and GM roles at DFP, reflecting deep domain expertise in duty-free, travel and luxury retail. Unexpectedly, he also contributes to open-source game development on GitHub, adding medical and chemistry mechanics to a well-known SS13 branch, revealing a pragmatic, tinkerer side to his leadership. Based in San Diego and active in YPO, he balances strategic growth with product-level curiosity.
4 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Management Program Business Administration and Management General, Advanced Management Program Business Administration and Management General at The Tuck School of Business at DartmouthMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Executive MBA in Global Management, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Executive MBA in Global Management at Thunderbird School of Global ManagementBachelor of Law (LLB) Derecho, Bachelor of Law (LLB) Derecho at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
English, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan
Github Skills (4)
dm10
game-development10
beyond-compare10
gameplay9
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
goonstation/goonstation
Jan 2022 - Nov 2022
Repository for the Goonstation branch of SS13
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:75 reviews, 49 commits, 99 PRs in 10 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on adding and modifying game mechanics, specifically in the medical and chemistry systems of the game. Their contributions included adding new items and functionalities, such as embalming fluid, and updating descriptions for various items and machines. They also implemented changes to existing code, such as fixing descriptions and adding sprites for new and existing objects in the game.
2d-gamegamess13role-playinggoonstation
NightmareChamillian/goonstation
Jan 2022 - Dec 2024
Repository for the Goonstation branch of SS13
Contributions:534 pushes, 111 branches in 2 years 11 months
ss13goonstation
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