Summary
Michael Rurka is a product leader and designer with 11 years of experience building operator-focused tech and operations for fast-growing startups and operator-led businesses. Currently Director of Product at HiringBranch and advising DieWell, he combines hands-on design and product execution—having led design systems, marketplaces, and supply/ops products at RenoRun—with measurable business impact like 266% YoY gross profit growth and a 99% reduction in employee theft for a stealth client. He’s equally comfortable shipping UX and front-end work (Figma, FlutterFlow, HTML/CSS) as he is instrumenting analytics and dashboards in Python and Plotly, and has founded both a coaching app and a design studio. Based in Montreal, he blends creative practice (painter by night) with data-driven product decisions and a knack for turning operational pain points into scalable systems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
APM Montreal
Foundations of Prompt Engineering, Foundations of Prompt Engineering at AWS Training and Certification
Graphic Design Diploma Graphic Design, Graphic Design Diploma Graphic Design at New Brunswick College of Craft and Design
Google Tag Manager (GTM) Training Course - From Zero to Hero, Google Tag Manager (GTM) Training Course - From Zero to Hero at Udemy
French, English