Mike Kelly
CTO And Co-Founder at The Grumpy Developer
Olympia, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMike Kelly is a seasoned CTO and co-founder with nine years of startup leadership experience and a long history of hands-on web and mobile engineering. He leads MemberVault, a relationship-marketing platform that combines gamification, engagement tracking, and a binge-and-buy marketplace to help creators sell authentically. Technically versatile, Mike has built custom PHP backends, APIs, WordPress templates and plugins, and full-stack web applications often ported to mobile, favoring lean, fast, and maintainable solutions. His background includes scaling membership systems for 120,000 users and senior engineering work for high-profile brands like MTV and Weather.com. Based in Olympia, WA, he blends product-focused engineering with founder-level strategy and a practical eye for UX-driven engagement mechanics that reduce reliance on pushy sales tactics.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at New Jersey Institute of TechnologyCherokeeBachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at NJIT (New Jersey Institute of Technology)
Github Skills (67)
windows-app10
database10
sqlite10
cassandra10
sql-server10
firebird10
linux9
sql9
rust9
postgresql9
sql-client9
windows9
vim9
operating-system9
mssql9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mkellyxp/nix
Jun 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:25 commits, 273 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
mkellyxp/Docker-Lemp
Dec 2021 - Dec 2025
Docker/podman stuff for me
Contributions:1 PR, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
dockerpodman
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