Born, raised and educated in Pennsylvania, Michael received a Bachelor degree from Penn State University in Integrative Arts. He has a passion for the Sciences and Arts and taps into those passions when working on media projects. Currently, he is a web/media developer working with the internet and other media development projects. In the past, Michael has worked for large companies, designing and implementing interfaces for large systems, and small companies, designing and programming multimedia and content projects. Michael works well independently or as part of a team. But does best when directed by a well represented project manager. He has been working primarily with open source content management systems since 2006. Focusing on Open Source gives one the ability to work with a team of developers spread throughout the world.