Michael Lawrence

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and still to this day calls Pittsburgh home. In 1998, I enrolled at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh and graduated in 2000 from AIP with an Associate of Science Degree in Web Site Administration. The Art Institute provided me with a forum to display my creative side as well as hone my professional skills.

I started off my career working for a start up, utilizing Macromedia Flash for creating interactive and linear e-brochures.  As with each client that I have had the pleasure to work with, my skills have expanded. In 2002, I began learning and developing with Microsoft’s .NET Platform, primarily writing web-based applications in C#. Before the term "full-stack",  we were all web developers, my responsibilities included both "Front-end": designing the interfaces, writing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript;  and "Back-end": IIS configuration and creating tables and stored procedures on SQL Server as well as integrating them within .NET.

In 2005, I joined another young start-up and began my move into mobile application development. I was part of a small team that built barcode and RFID applications for Windows Mobile and Windows CE devices utilizing the .NET Compact Framework. This opportunity presented many exciting challenges in not only learning new technology but also becoming more user-focused. 

In my spare time, I like to work with other languages and platforms that I don’t usually have the opportunity to use while at work. I developed a few applications using Cocoa and Core Data using Objective-C for the Mac as well as for iOS and also building web applications using React.

My goal is to always take myself to the next level, not just learning new techniques, but using them in a practical and user-friendly environment. The Internet is a massive medium for information, marketing, e commerce and business-to-business management, but we have only begun to see its true potential. The next generation of the Internet has arrived.

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