Mike
Co-Founder & Head of Engineering
Product leader who scaled Devour from 650 to 110,000 merchant locations.
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Order Growth
Years in Tech
Enterprise Clients
About
Mike is a product-minded engineering leader with 12+ years of experience taking software from zero to one — and from one to scale. As CTO of Devour, he grew the platform from 650 to 110,000 merchant locations and drove 40x order growth. He served as CTO at TerraZero and held Engineering Director and Manager roles at WillowTree, Article, and Acuity Insights, where he shipped products for enterprise clients including Estée Lauder, Warner Music, IGT Gaming, and Napster. Mike combines deep technical skill in full-stack development with product intuition shaped by an MBA. He builds with AI-native tools daily — using OpenAI, Claude, and Cursor AI to accelerate every stage of development.
Experience
Devour
CTO
2021–2023- Scaled platform from 650 to 110,000 merchant locations across North America.
- Drove 40x order growth through architecture redesign and performance optimization.
- Built and led cross-functional engineering team shipping weekly to production.
TerraZero Technologies
CTO
2020–2021- Led technology strategy and engineering for a metaverse platform startup.
- Built core platform infrastructure with Unity, .NET, and cloud services.
WillowTree
Engineering Director
2019–2020- Directed engineering teams building products for Estée Lauder, Warner Music, and IGT Gaming.
- Implemented agile practices that improved sprint velocity by 35%.
Article
Engineering Manager
2018–2019- Managed engineering team scaling a high-growth e-commerce platform.
- Drove technical initiatives that improved site performance and conversion.
Acuity Insights
Engineering Manager → Team Lead → Full-Stack Developer
2014–2018- Progressed from full-stack developer to engineering manager over four years.
- Built assessment platform used by medical schools across North America.
Tech Stack
Certifications
- SAFe Scrum Master
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
Education
- MBA — Business Administration