Co-founded and lead technology for a software development studio solving complex business problems for entrepreneurs, innovators, and mission-driven organizations. Guide product strategy, UX/UI direction, architecture, AI engineering, technical delivery, and hands-on implementation across products that need to move from idea or prototype into production.
Resume
Michael Rispoli
No-bullsh*t CTO for nontechnical founders
East Meadow, New York
Forward-deployed CTO and fractional CPTO with 15+ years across design, product, and engineering. I help founders turn messy software, stalled builds, and AI prototypes into production-grade products by bringing product judgment, technical architecture, design taste, and hands-on development into one seat.
Core Strengths
- Fractional CTO leadership
- UX/UI design
- AI product development
- AI engineering
- Agentic workflows
- Software architecture
- Forward-deployed engineering
- SOC 2 and HIPAA readiness
- Agency and vendor leadership
- Technical due diligence
Experience
Lead technology for Incentiviiz, an AI-assisted platform that helps film production accountants manage, identify, budget, and predict tax incentives. Turned a painstaking manual workflow into a faster, more predictable product using AI, workflow automation, and an advanced rules engine that tracks incentive laws across markets.
Lead web innovation, software, and AI work for an experiential technology company blending physical and digital environments. Support immersive products and custom installations with software architecture, AI-assisted workflows, interface design, and systems that connect proprietary technology, science, art, and spatial experience design.
Served as fractional CTO, architecting and designing the initial product while managing the build team. Helped shape the product roadmap, advised on technical direction, supported investor conversations as technical expert, and helped the company launch a large marketplace while raising funding.
Led software engineering work inside a large consumer marketplace environment, contributing to production systems, cross-functional delivery, and product engineering execution at scale.
Led technology direction for a product and software team, balancing architecture, delivery, team leadership, and client-facing technical strategy.
Directed engineering at a full-service digital creative and technology agency, helping teams deliver software across client products, websites, and digital platforms.
Worked directly with enterprise retailers on a digital marketing personalization platform. Helped turn large onsite datasets into automated, highly personalized outreach and implementation workflows.
Integrated user-generated content into online retail experiences, including product pages and large-scale hashtag campaigns for ecommerce brands.
Built websites and ecommerce experiences for a full-service digital agency specializing in Joomla, WordPress, and Magento.
Built frontend web experiences using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, BigCommerce, WordPress, Weebly, ecommerce solutions, software demonstrations, internet marketing, and information architecture.
Education & Credentials
State University of New York at New Paltz
BA, Geography, Geology
2005 - 2008
Designlab
UX Design
2016 - 2017
- JavaScript Best Practices
- Outstanding Graduate
- Magna Cum Laude
- Spanish