Michael Riddering

Co-Founder

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States11 yrs 10 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Co-founded multiple startups and led design initiatives.
  • Trained over 5,000 designers in advanced design tactics.
  • Created an AI-native feedback platform.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Education-focused Product Designer with startup experience.

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Start-upsProduct DesignUser Experience (UX)User Interface DesignMarketingVenture CapitalMarketing StrategyBusiness StrategyBusiness DevelopmentLeadershipFundraisingCustomer ServiceVisual DesignDesign SystemsUser Interface Prototyping

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Experience

Inflight

Co-Founder

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Building the first AI-native feedback platform

Dive

Creator

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Podcast + email series for designers who never stop learning 🤿 (dive.club)

Maven

Founding Designer

Apr 2021Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • The #1 platform for cohort-based courses

Figma academy

Creator

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

  • Where teams like Stripe, Shopify, Mercury, etc. have sent 5,000+ designers to learn advanced design tactics directly in Figma

Shift nudge

Design Advisor

Nov 2020Aug 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

Bootcamp.com

Design Lead

Apr 2020Mar 2021 · 11 mos

  • Made learning science easy for pre-med students.

Abe

Design Lead

Aug 2019Feb 2020 · 6 mos

  • Designed the MVP and created the underlying design system for a new sports betting platform.

Differential

Senior Product Designer

Mar 2019Apr 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Contributed to many projects for a variety of established companies, but my time at Differential was primarily spent leading design for The Apollos Project—an open-source initiative helping churches build and own robust mobile apps (apollos.app)

Qwest

Product Designer

Feb 2019Apr 2019 · 2 mos

  • Redesigned their mobile app and built out the new website while Qwest was in the Spring '19 class at Y Combinator

Thrive studios

Product Designer

Oct 2018Apr 2019 · 6 mos · Denver Metropolitan Area

  • Co-founded Thrive Studios to help multiple startups go from 0 to 1 on their product.

Trendly

Cofounder + Product Designer

Feb 2015Oct 2018 · 3 yrs 8 mos

  • Trendly was a community marketing platform used by many of the top Shopify brands to generate, organize, and distribute community content. We were fortunate to be one of the original Shopify sales channels.

Echome

Cofounder + Product Designer

Oct 2014Feb 2015 · 4 mos · Greater St. Louis Area

  • Did we make money with our first Shopify product? Yup. But first and foremost echoME was an excellent learning process on our path of entrepreneurship.

Shinesty

Brand Marketing Intern

Jan 2014May 2014 · 4 mos · boulder, colorado

Erodr, inc.

Head Campus Representative + UX Researcher

Jul 2013Jun 2014 · 11 mos · DePauw University

  • Erodr is a local social discovery app for college students that launched at the University of Missouri in November, 2012. From Fall of 2013 to Spring of 2014 I successfully converted over 50% of the student body and maintained some of the highest activity levels in the nation.

Capital innovators

Associate

May 2013Sep 2013 · 4 mos · Greater St. Louis Area

M.j. smith & associates wealth management & investment planning

Financial Intern

Jan 2013Feb 2013 · 1 mo · Denver, Colorado

Buffalo wild wings

Server

Aug 2012May 2013 · 9 mos

  • BWW isn't sexy...but working 40+ hours a week and making Dean's List was one of the hardest things I've ever done and I'm grateful for who it made me as a professional and how it matured me as a person.

Education

DePauw University

Economics — Economics

Jan 2010Jan 2014

Saint Louis University High School

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