Michael B.

Michael B. has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Michael founded Slashdev.io in 2019, where they served as Founder & CEO/Fractional CTO, connecting top engineers with fast-growing companies. In the same year, they also founded Future Ventures Lab, where they acted as Founder/Growth Expert, specializing in SEO, SEM, and branding. Prior to these ventures, Michael was the Founder/Chief Data Officer at KEYS Stockholm, providing strategic guidance for a platform to organize the Stockholm startup ecosystem. Michael also worked as a Growth Advisor/Digital Growth Specialist at Pryme Digital and as an Innovation Driver in Automation & AI at Ericsson, where they developed and led proof of concepts with cutting-edge technologies. Additionally, they worked as a Growth Specialist at Nordic Tech House, focusing on e-commerce growth and valuation. Before their entrepreneurial ventures, Michael gained experience in software development and business development at Combined Computer Technology, where they assisted in acquisitions, developed dispatch software, and implemented computer vision and predictive analytics applications.

Michael B. has a strong education background in the field of finance and business. Michael obtained a Bachelor's degree in Finance & Entrepreneurship from the University of Washington in 2016. Following their undergraduate studies, they pursued further education and completed a Master's degree in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics between 2018 and 2020. In 2017, they also briefly attended the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University for an exchange semester in Business. Additionally, Michael received a one-year certification in Machine Learning from the University of Washington in 2018. Michael has further enhanced their skills with certifications such as the Microsoft Excel 2013 Certification from the University of Washington in 2016 and attended the Deep Learning Bootcamp facilitated by NVIDIA, although the exact year of completion is unspecified.