Michael Brinkman

Michael Brinkman has over 20 years of work experience in the technology industry. Michael began their career in 1999 as a Technical Lead at Rare Medium. In 2001, they moved to Phaos Technology (now part of Oracle) as a Software Engineer. Michael then worked as a Lead Developer at Brand Defense in 2002 and a Development Team Lead at Nationwide Financial in 2003. From 2005 to 2011, they worked at Zilliant as a Software Architect, Senior Java Developer, and Senior Solutions Engineer. Michael then moved to Spredfast as VP Engineering and Sr. Director Development from 2011 to 2014. From 2014 to 2018, they were the CTO at Schoology. Finally, they have been an Advisor and VP Engineering at TravelBoss from 2018 to 2021, and is currently the Founder and Head of Engineering at Spiral Connect.

Michael Brinkman attended St. Marks School of Texas from 1986 to 1995. Michael then went on to attend Trinity University from 1995 to 1999, where they earned a B.S. in Computer Science.