Michael Tharrington
Director Of Community And Customer Success at On The Board Podcast
Pittsboro, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Tharrington is a community and customer success leader with nearly a decade of experience growing developer and civic-tech communities, currently directing Community and Customer Success at Ordinal. He builds onboarding, training, and support systems from the ground up, and is skilled at turning product feedback into scalable moderation, content, and engagement programs. Comfortable as a department-of-one in remote startup environments, he combines hands-on customer support with strategic community development—especially among municipal government workers and city planners. Michael has a track record of recruiting and training moderators, running webinars and video content, and translating complex policy and technical materials into usable resources. He brings a rare blend of creative writing training and deep operational experience, which helps him craft clear communications and data-driven processes. Passionate about inclusive, civil online spaces, he aims to convert networks of practitioners into self-sustaining peer communities.
7 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Creative Writing, 3.29, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Creative Writing, 3.29 at University of North Carolina at Wilmington
English
Github Skills (16)
open-source10
typescript10
rails10
forem10
react10
ruby10
android-app7
ethereum7
android5
ios4
developer-tools3
fetch2
nuxt-module1
nuxt1
api1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
forem/admin-docs
May 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:117 commits, 107 pushes, 2 comments in 10 months
ethereumcreatorsempoweringforem
forem/forem-admin-guide
Dec 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:7 commits in 6 months
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