Summary
Mike Tsao is a seasoned technology leader and entrepreneur with 14 years of engineering experience and a track record delivering product and platform-scale systems across startups and Google. He spent over a decade at Google rising to Engineering Director after earlier technical leadership roles, and has held senior engineering and product leadership positions at Wealthfront, Keas, and several startups he co-founded or led. Now self-employed as "Ex-Everything," he blends hands-on engineering, product strategy, and company-building experience from both large organizations and scrappy early-stage teams. Trained as an attorney with a J.D. from UCLA and an A.B. from Dartmouth, he brings a rare combination of legal rigor and technical depth to complex technical and organizational problems. Based in California, Mike is comfortable switching hats—from coding and architecture to hiring and governance—and often operates at the intersection of product, engineering, and business. An unconventional resume (including an early Apple internship and stints as founder and attorney) suggests he thrives on diverse challenges and reinvention.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Miramonte High School
A.B., A.B. at Dartmouth College
J.D., J.D. at UCLA School of Law