Mike Nicholaides
CTO & Software Engineer at PromptWorks
Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolMike Nicholaides is a seasoned CTO and software engineer with 16 years of experience leading product-focused engineering teams and building web, mobile, and enterprise applications. As co-founder and CTO of PromptWorks since 2013, he directs a 20+ person team delivering over 50 projects for clients like Comcast, Twitter, Sony, and Macy’s with an emphasis on code quality and agile delivery. His background spans startup founding, freelance architecture, and intranet-scale development for government and enterprise, giving him a practical blend of hands-on engineering and delivery leadership. Trained in Computer Science with foci on HCI and AI from Drexel, he brings a user-centered perspective to technically robust systems. Known for turning minimal viable solutions into enduring platforms, he pairs pragmatic project management with attention to design details. Based in Cheltenham, PA, he remains accessible for collaboration and consulting on ambitious software initiatives.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Computer Science with foci in Human Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence, B.S., Computer Science with foci in Human Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence at Drexel UniversityAbington High School
Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (150)
hex10
elixir-programming-language10
calendly10
tdd10
fetch10
phoenix-framework10
css10
javascript9
jquery9
alfred-workflow9
highlight9
testing9
ruby9
rspec9
data-loading9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
nicholaides/cecil
Sep 2023 - Jan 2025
An experimental templating library designed specifically for generating source code (especially for languages that aren’t as meta-programmable as Ruby). Cecil templates closely resemble the target source code, making templates easier to write, read, and maintain.
Contributions:2 PRs, 140 pushes, 10 branches in 1 year 3 months
code-generationcodegensource-code-generatortemplate-engine
nicholaides/words-to-avoid.vim
Jan 2014 - Sep 2020
Highlight words to avoid in tech writing
Contributions:13 commits, 3 PRs, 3 pushes in 6 years 9 months
wordsavoidhighlighthighlight-words
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