Michael John Stack

I build things, both physical and virtual. A decade of communications and data work — first as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, then as a contractor on classified systems for the United States Navy, across five continents and thirteen countries — taught me a single, durable lesson: good systems, like good ships, are built deliberately, with materials chosen for the weather they will see.

For the past five years I have written software at Amazon. Financial reporting platforms relied upon by accountants who do not tolerate ambiguity. Global workforce hiring tools that must accommodate many languages, currencies, and labor regimes at once. Much of the work has been integration — making Amazon's services speak fluently to third-party vendors of every shape and provenance.

I now offer that craft to clients who want their software built carefully — by someone who has built it for systems that cannot afford to fail.