Michael B.

Michael B.

Product Owner/Full-Stack Developer

Canada
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About Me

Michael is a passionate full-stack developer with experience building marketplaces, food ordering apps, and fintech products. Michael is currently the co-founder and CTO of Kopus, a startup helping creator scale their podcasts. He previously built Yezure, a peer-to-peer marketplace focused on helping people rent almost anything online. Previously, Michael worked as a product manager for two fintech startups, including one acquired for $103 million.

Work history

Kopus
CTO
2021 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Hired and managed teams of developers and helped complete projects effectively.

  • Defined the technology stack to build the products and guided the overall technical vision.

  • Shaped how a project's technical side is managed, striving for a well-defined process that brings results.

  • Tracked the team's performance and the technical infrastructures.

  • Managed the product vision and the roadmaps for each product and feature.

Yezure
Founder
2020 - Present (4 years)
Remote
  • Developed the product strategy and took decisions about features, uniqueness, and utilities.

  • Determined the technical requirements of the product.

  • Built a scalable database architecture and defined the technology stack.

  • Created the front-end and the back-end with serverless and JAMstack technologies.

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Freelance
Front-end Developer
2020 - 2021 (1 year)
Remote
  • Brought features and concepts to life using HTML, CSS, Vue.js, and JavaScript.

  • Developed and maintaining the user interface and optimized the user experience.

  • Implemented responsivity for desktop and mobile websites.

  • Wrote reusable code and libraries following best practices.

  • Came up with the design and features suggestions to improve the application.

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Product Manager and Front-end Developer
2019 - 2020 (1 year)
Remote
  • Contributed to defining the product roadmap based on the company strategy, market research, and analytic data.

  • Defined and implemented metrics related to the product strategy.

  • Collected and analyzed qualitative and quantitative customer feedback.

  • Identified strategic opportunities or synergies across various competing initiatives.

  • Ensured the product is driving real value to our customers in a measurable way.

  • Developed the product requirements with buy-in from stakeholders.

  • Built the front end and interfaces for the application.

Freelance
Full-stack Developer
2018 - 2020 (2 years)
Remote
  • Helped with the design and development of software.

  • Tested and debugged software to keep it optimized.

  • Wrote clean code for the front and back end of the software.

  • Designed user interactions on the web application itself.

  • Created servers and databases for the back end of the software.

  • Tested and maintained the responsive design of applications.

  • Developed APIs and RESTful services and managed the application security.

CGI
Business Intelligence Analyst
2017 - 2019 (2 years)
Remote
  • Identified and analyzed business needs and developed the reporting in Tableau and Power BI.

  • Established management reports to ensure close monitoring of key KPIs.

  • Developed scenarios and sensitivity models to recommend options for strategic initiatives and to predict the financial evolution of different accounts.

  • Responded quickly and effectively to requests of strategic significance.

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Flinks
Product Manager
Present (2024 years)
Remote
  • Researched and analyzed the market, the users, and the roadmap for the product.

  • Led the planning of product release plans and set expectations for the delivery of new functionalities.

  • Performed an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion.

  • Ensured that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on.

  • Planned and prioritized the product features backlog and the development for the product.

  • Defined the product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities.

  • Assessed value, developed cases, and prioritized stories, epics, and themes to ensure the products are aligned with the strategy.

  • Provided backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories.

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Portfolio

Yezure

A peer-to-peer marketplace that lets you rent out your belongings to others nearby. I was the founder and creator of the platform, managing the product vision, the roadmap, the UI/UX, the designer, and the back-end and front-end developer.

Kopus

A peer-to-peer, B2B and B2C marketplace for booking and renting spaces for events, meetings, productions, and work, by the hour and by the day. I am the co-founder and CTO of the company, managing the development team, roadmaps, and developing the application.

Education

Education
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
Laval University
2012 - 2015 (3 years)
Education
Diploma of College Studies (DCS) in Computer Science
Cégep de Sainte
2010 - 2012 (2 years)