Creative Director for Intridea
Greater Detroit Area
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- Creative Director at Intridea
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- Freelance Design (Self-employed)
- Front End Flex Developer at Meridias Capital
- Webmaster Intern at SecureWorks
- Senior Developer at Response Technologies, LLC
- Education
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- Georgia Institute of Technology
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Michael Bleigh’s Summary
Michael is a web applications architect specializing in bridging the gap between design and development. Utilizing skills in both front and back-end development, he has both developed for and managed teams of developers in conceiving, designing, and implementing cutting-edge web applications.
Michael is a respected member of the Ruby development community and has released a number of popular open-source plugins and libraries. He has also spoken at RailsConf Europe 2008 and the 2008 Great Lakes Ruby Bash.
Michael Bleigh’s Specialties:
Ruby, Rails, Javascript, jQuery, Prototype, XHTML/CSS, Graphic and Web Design, User Interface Architecture, Android Development
Michael Bleigh’s Experience
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Creative Director
Intridea
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Creative Director, responsible for shaping the visual appearance and interface for numerous Rails-based web applications. Managed teams of developers to create new products both for internal and external clients.
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Freelance Design
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
September 2003 — August 2007 (4 years )
Freelance web design and development, designer for DesignOutpost.com.
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Front End Flex Developer
Meridias Capital
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
May 2007 — July 2007 (3 months)
Responsible for design and implementation of user interface components for enterprise Adobe Flex application.
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Webmaster Intern
SecureWorks
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
May 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for the corporate website and intranet for SecureWorks. Designed and developed database-driven website.
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Senior Developer
Response Technologies, LLC
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Developed web-based statistical analysis application utilizing J2EE and Flash/Actionscript.
Michael Bleigh’s Education
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Georgia Institute of Technology
BS , Computer Science , 2004 — 2007
- Activities and Societies:
- Mock Trial, Entertainment Software Producers, Volunteer Tutor
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Michael Bleigh’s Interests:
design, new technology, user interface, human computer interaction
Michael Bleigh’s Groups:
Ruby MI
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Scalr
Michael Bleigh’s Contact Settings
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