Michael Thomson
Founder at Groovelit
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Thomson is a founder and former teacher turned software engineer with nine years of experience building user-focused React applications and education technology. He leads Groovelit, a platform used in 3000+ U.S. school districts to make writing engaging for students, and brings hands-on product instincts from prior front-end lead roles where he rearchitected React codebases and standardized design patterns. His background as a 6th grade teacher and a Master’s student at Harvard Graduate School of Education gives him rare domain expertise in classroom needs, which he pairs with technical skills in scaling web apps and analytics. Michael’s track record includes improving student outcomes, mentoring engineers, and shipping tooling that lets teachers spend more time with students rather than paperwork.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Education, Master's degree Education at Harvard Graduate School of EducationBachelor of Arts (B.A.) History, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) History at Boston University
Github Skills (35)
slide8
pure-react-carousel7
react6
react-carousel6
slider-component5
react-component5
rails5
javascript5
rails-boilerplate5
shoes4
react-sound4
react-on-rails4
ruby4
clearance4
boilerplate4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
michaelgt04/debate-react
Oct 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:50 commits, 21 PRs, 25 pushes in 8 months
debate
michaelgt04/ok-kyle
Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:169 commits, 45 PRs, 69 pushes in 5 months
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