Michael Sterle-Contala

Michael Sterle-Contala has a diverse work experience spanning over many years. Michael has worked as a Lead Software Engineer at Digital Catapult since November 2023, where they enable companies in the UK to adopt emerging technologies. Prior to that, they held the same position at Toptal since November 2021. In 2022, they founded Eidolon Studios and worked as a VR Developer. Before that, they worked at Shopify as a Software Engineer from May 2020 to August 2021, leading projects to improve global shipping performance and product market fit for French and German merchants. Michael also worked as a Distributed Systems Engineer at 3Box from November 2019 to May 2020 and as an AI Developer at Element AI from May 2018 to November 2019. In their earlier career, they served as a Technical Lead/Software Engineer at Shutterstock's Video business unit, a Full-Stack Developer & Graphic Designer at Paradox Design, a Software Engineer Project Lead at McGill University's Center for Intelligent Machines - Shared Reality Lab, and a Developer/Systems Administrator at Blind Ferret Entertainment.

Michael Sterle-Contala attended Selwyn House School from 1998 to 2002, obtaining a degree in High School. Michael then pursued a degree in Natural Sciences at Marianopolis College from 2002 to 2003. Afterwards, they attended CEGEP - John Abbott College in 2003-2004 for Natural Sciences. Michael Sterle-Contala then enrolled at Concordia University and started a degree in Computer Engineering, Hardware Systems, although it appears to be incomplete as the end year is not provided.