Michael Ngo
michael@hellomichael.com
• +61 435 124 204
• Vancouver, B.C, Canada
Profile
Award winning front-end developer with more than a decade of experience building pixel perfect websites. Recent contributor to Smashing Magazine. Nominated for a Webby and AGDA design award with portfolio featured on Awwwards as “Site of the Day”. Flexible in working environments having positioned for startups, digital agencies, and fortune 500 companies. Focused on helping agile teams with UI development for large scale CMS websites or client-side web apps.
Work
Experience
BroadbandTv Web Developer | May 2019 - Nov 2019
In collaboration with the digital marketing team, lead the development of the BroadbandTV relaunch, a statically generated Gatsby site built with React and integrated with the Netlify CMS.
DDB Canada Front-end Developer | SEPT 2018 - Oct 2018
Developed modular components using Twig and Webpack for the Craft 3 CMS. Fully responsive website launched in 6-week timeframe.
- Emearld Health Therapeutics
PricewaterhouseCoopers Front-end Engineer | Aug 2016 - Sept 2017
Developed modular components in React with Webpack, JSX, and CSS Modules. Transitioned all builds from imported CSS to preprocessed Sass architecture. Standardised a design and development framework for product landing pages.
- Enterprise Digital
- Swift for Motor Vehicles
Accenture Interactive Senior Front-End Developer | Oct 2015 - May 2016
Responsible for front-end builds in Angular and Adobe Experience Manager. Subscribed to modern workflows including automation via Grunt, BEM implementation via Sass, and version control via Git. Trained in agile by AgencyAgile and thoroughly utilized within teams internally and client-side.
- Tabcorp
- Australian Department of Health
Reactive Front-End Developer | April 2014 - Sept 2015
Collaborated with art directors, project managers, and designers to develop websites, landing pages, and electronic direct mail campaigns in Sitecore and Umbraco. Also a core contributor to project bids, either creating high-fidelity prototypes or strategic microsites for pitches.
- Business Events Sydney
- Weight Watchers
- Web Directions
- Design and Industry
- Campus Living Villages
HelloMichaelDesigner and Developer | Feb 2008 - Present
Worked with digital agencies, startups, and companies on projects ranging from web design, WordPress theme development, front-end maintenance, SEO, and more.
- Mavi Jeans
- University of British Columbia
- Futureshop
- Top Secret Agency
- Imaginista
Education
General Assembly JavaScript Development - Certificate - 2016
Simon Fraser University B.Sc - Interactive Arts & Technology Major - 2011
Vancouver Film School Foundation Visual Art & Design - Diploma - 2005
Awards & Publications
- Design Rush - Top 10 Real Estate Website Designs - 2021
- CSS Design Awards - Special Kudos - 2020
- Awwwards - Honorable Mention - 2016
- Smashing Magazine - Publication - The Illusion of Life - 2016
- AGDA Design Awards - Nomination - 2015
- The Webby Awards - Nomination - 2014
- Awwwards - Site of the Day - 2013
- Awwwards - Publication - 2013 The Best 365 Websites around the World - 2013
- VFS - Entrance Scholarship - 2005