Summary
Simon Michael is an independent software consultant and FOSS maintainer with 22 years of experience building web applications, integrations, and developer-friendly systems. Based in California, he combines deep hands-on expertise in Haskell, Python, Ruby and Smalltalk with practical experience across Zope/Plone, Rails and modern frontend stacks to deliver reliable, efficient and beautiful software. He has repeatedly led revivals and launches of SaaS products as a senior UI developer and long-running consultant at Joyful Systems, excelling at estimation, technology assessment, mentoring and community-driven documentation. Comfortable across GNU/Linux system administration and full-stack development, he blends engineering craftsmanship with a commitment to planetary and client impact.
22 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BA, BAI, Computer Engineering, BA, BAI, Computer Engineering at Trinity College, Dublin