Michael Ott
Lead Developer & Designer at Stormbox
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolMichael Ott is a seasoned web design and development lead with over two decades of hands-on experience, currently heading Web Development at Stormbox from Perth. He began in front-end engineering and design and evolved into building bespoke WordPress solutions while still maintaining strong PHP and JavaScript expertise. As founder and product designer of Rocket Apps, he blends product thinking with engineering to ship practical tools and browser extensions used by real users. Michael has judged the Australian Web Awards and contributed plugins and GitHub projects, reflecting a long-standing engagement with the web community. His role as a GitKraken ambassador and history of building Chrome extensions and WordPress plugins hint at a knack for developer tooling and UX-driven integrations. He combines practical leadership with continued coding involvement, making him equally comfortable sketching interfaces or shipping backend features.
11 years of coding experience
Como Secondary CollegeComputer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at Perth Technical College
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (58)
jquery-plugin10
javascript10
feather-icons10
jquery10
figma10
google-places-api10
dom10
gantt-chart10
ui-components9
editor9
microsoft9
electron9
visual-studio-code9
typescript9
linux9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
mikeott/web-app-in-a-box
Jun 2016 - Dec 2019
Contributions:15 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 6 months
mikeott/log-cleaner-ithemes-security
Apr 2018 - Dec 2019
A WordPress plugin to delete all iThemes Security logs from the database.
Contributions:37 commits, 6 PRs, 33 pushes in 1 year 8 months
databasesecuritywordpress-plugin
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