About Me

Hey there! I'm Mike, founder of Affirmy. I'm also an engineer with a background across banking and SaaS. I've worked at companies like Obsess, Napster, and Bank of America — bringing a unique perspective that combines 5 years of development experience and 4 years of strategic product management. My goal is to build and scale the next generation of apps and experiences.

Needless to say, I'm passionate about building things. My current focus is creating and launching meaningful digital products. Through these projects, I aim to explore AI and modern technologies to solve interesting problems.

"The best code is no code at all" — Jeff Atwood (co-founder of Stack Overflow)

Professional Experience

  • Affirmy

    Affirmy

    Full-time
    Sept 2025 - Now
    ✧ Affirmy makes wellness feel personal by delivering affirmations that sound like you — crafted in your own voice and vibe
    ✧ AI-guided sessions learn how you speak, what you care about, and how you’re feeling, so every message feels authentic and uniquely yours
    ✧ Designed a flexible delivery system so affirmations arrive when they’re actually helpful — daily, weekly, or as surprise moments
    ✧ Designed the brand, UX, UI, animations, and micro-interactions
    ✧ Launched Affirmy on Product Hunt and engaged early users through community support
    ✧ Launched publicly with a community-first approach, offering lifetime access to people who would benefit most
  • Napster

    Obsess (Acquired by Napster)

    Full-time
    Dec 2019 - Sept 2025
    ✧ Manage Client Engineering Team of 2 senior frontend engineers and 2 senior backend engineers
    ✧ Founding engineer out of 4 and among the first 10 employees
    ✧ Migrated from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4
    ✧ Built Shopify integration with product data and checkout
    ✧ Built an app on the Shopify App Store
    ✧ Built numerous features, templates, reusable UI components, and API endpoints
    ✧ Conduct engineering hiring and onboarding
    ✧ Introduced coding best practices
    ✧ Participated in trade shows to speak on behalf of technology and offerings at Obsess
  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch

    Full-time
    • Assistant Vice President of Hedge Fund Platform
    • NYC
    • ml.com
    Feb 2016 - Oct 2018
    ✧ Launched and managed hedge funds on a $45B wealth management platform
    ✧ Self-taught SQL to develop strategic KPIs that informed critical launch planning decisions
    ✧ Streamlined tax documentation process for 4,500+ clients, reducing advisor inquiries by 95%
    ✧ Collaborated between internal and external sales, tech, business, and investor relations teams to efficiently launch and maintain funds
  • Prudential Financial

    Full-time
    Oct 2013 - Feb 2016
    ✧ Monitored the performance of several $300 - $750MM CLOs under management
    ✧ Replaced inefficient spreadsheets with an MS Access database with custom reporting tools
    ✧ Calculated quarterly investor distributions by utilizing the waterfall model to validate payments
    ✧ Assisted in system tests to ensure fund compliance with indenture specifications

Projects

  • Flow Type

    Push Your Words Per Minute to the Limit!

    Hobby
    Apr 2025
    • vite
    • react
    • tailwind
    • supabase
    • OAuth
    • magic link
    • email OTP
  • Speed Test

    Test Your Internet Speed

    Hobby
    Mar 2025
    • vite
    • react
    • tailwind
    • cloudflare
    • wrangler
    • workers
  • Dice

    Endless Dice Rolls, Anywhere, Anytime

    Hobby
    • vite
    • react
    • typescript
    • open-source
    • tailwind
    • light + dark
  • Subdomain

    Subdomains with Cloudflare and Vercel

    Hobby
    • vite
    • react
    • open-source
    • cloudflare
    • vercel
  • BitSeek

    Search BTC Address Details and Transactions

    Hobby
    Nov 2019
    • html5
    • css3
    • material ui
    • react
    • redux
    • open-source
    • scss
    • blockchain API
  • Zig Zag

    An Exciting High Score Game

    Hobby
    March 2019
    • html5
    • css3
    • canvas
    • open-source
    • scss
    • webpack
    • firebase db