Michael Smith
Manager, IT Operations
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Smith is an operations and IT leader with 11 years of experience helping startups scale office technology, finance, and administrative infrastructure from seed teams to ~100-person companies. As an early hire at Point he has worn many hats—accounting, underwriting, closing, servicing, HR/payroll, IT and fund management—then focused on mortgage licensing and compliance across multiple states. Previously he built IT policy and vendor programs at Matterport and managed rapid-growth IT and security at TrialPay, shepherding migrations to Google Apps, hosted VoIP, and PCI compliance. He has hands-on experience with acquisitions and due diligence from Yub/Coupons.com and has managed complex cap table and stock-option workflows. Based in Palo Alto with a BA from the University of Michigan, he combines operational rigor with practical technical chops and a knack for translating regulatory complexity into repeatable processes. An uncommon strength is his dual fluency in frontline operations and mortgage licensing, enabling cross-functional solutions that bridge tech, finance, and compliance.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Spanish, Environment, BA, Spanish, Environment at University of Michigan
English, Spanish
Github Skills (13)
graph9
javascript8
canvas8
html7
ssdp5
discovery5
react3
java3
responsive3
docker2
hosting2
service-discovery2
spreedly1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nine-lives/collect-plus-returns-label-js
Feb 2016 - Aug 2021
Contributions:9 releases, 42 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 7 months
nine-lives/telleroo-sdk-java
Mar 2019 - Jun 2025
Contributions:21 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
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