Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• I'm thrilled to be joining HEX to run the Highway to STEM program, in partnership with Toyota. This program empowers girls and non-binary living in regional Australia to thrive in STEM fields, fueling their ambitions and paving the way for a brighter and more inclusive future. We're focused on transition girls and non-binary people from school to STEM careers through skills-building, inspiration, and future-focused pathways.
• More info and registration: https://next.startwithhex.com/workshop/highway-to-stem/

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

• Each year, the Melbourne Accelerator Program takes on board ten startups, providing them with mentoring and funding. Our job as mentors is to provide advice and connections to these founders who are growing their business.

Mar 2017 – Jan 2025 · 7 yrs 10 mos

• As MAP Entrepreneurs in Residence, we are active founders who run a startup and/or mentor. We actively contribute to the community and work
• from the MAP office. We give back by serving as EIRs to the MAP cohort.
• As EIRs, we're here to guide the current cohort of founders. We were chosen from MAP community members who have a willingness and ability to assist the current tear’s cohort of founders, based on the composition of the current cohort.
• https://www.themap.co/mentors/michelle-mannering

Feb 2025 – Apr 2025 · 2 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Hybrid

• SSW builds scalable, cutting-edge products for enterprise development. This includes:
• TinaCMS, a fully open-source, headless CMS that supports Git, with built-in version control
• EagleEye, an AI-driven solution for providing insights and patterns
• YakShaver, an AI agent helping you quickly and accurately report bugs.
• SSW TV is a platform for software industry members to keep up to date, learn about the latest trends, and connect with industry professionals.

Jul 2021 – Nov 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

• As the Developer Relations team grows, I'm excited to be a Developer Advocate. We're here for the community, to promote the community, to showcase and spotlight the community. We have a several programs for GitHub users including GitHub Stars, Maintainers, and many other ways to highlight amazing things the community are doing. There's the ReadME Project, Release Radar, and tonnes more. If you want to highlight someone amazing in your community, nominate them for GitHub Stars: stars.github.com or drop me a message for a chat.

Jul 2019 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

• GitHub is how people build software. We’re supporting a community where millions of people learn, share, and work together to build software. If you have an event or program that you want support for: speakers, SWAG, stickers... hit me up! We're always excited to hear what our community is doing and how we can help.

Nov 2018 – Jun 2019 · 7 mos

• I'm very excited to be working with such a prestigious tech company as the Community Lead for APAC. At GitHub we're excited about making it easier for people to together and solve problems, so we're working closer with the community to foster collaboration. If you have a hackathon or community event you'd like a facilitator, speaker, mentor, or just a bunch of amazing stickers, get in touch.

Mar 2018 – Dec 2023 · 5 yrs 9 mos · Melbourne, Australia

• One of three founders of Enova Design, and our first product - the Raine One. With a key focus on the rider, we’ve developed an innovative product that is designed to put the fun in your daily journey. I'm working on partnerships and events for Raine Scooters. If you want to partner, collaborate, or have an awesome event you'd like us at, drop me a message.

Sep 2017 – Nov 2017 · 2 mos

• BajaBoard is the most powerful, off-road, all-terrain, electric powered skateboard. The board is a unique, one of a kind adrenaline toy. Unlike other electric skateboards and mountain-boards, the BajaBoard features a particular chassis design with a fully sophisticated suspension system. Coupled with high power, this board is designed for superior off-road handling and durability.
• As the Brand and Partnerships Manager, my task was to manage BajaBoard's partnerships and provide high-level advice and direction on our brand.

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 · 2 mos

• BajaBoard is the most powerful, off-road, all-terrain, electric powered skateboard. The board is a unique, one of a kind adrenaline toy. Unlike other electric skateboards and mountain-boards, the BajaBoard features a particular chassis design with a fully sophisticated suspension system. Coupled with high power, this board is designed for superior off-road handling and durability.
• As the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer my role was to design and lead our marketing campaigns, and push our custom signature boards into the hands of influencers, brands, and companies.

Oct 2016 – Jun 2017 · 8 mos

• BajaBoard is custom design for adrenaline fuelled, off road adventures. With top speeds of 50km/h, 7kW of power, and all wheel drive this electric board is in a league of its own. Designed and built in Melbourne. Do you Dare to Ride?
• I joined Bajaboard as a Media & Marketing Manager with my main responsibilities being the management of our media campaigns, social media marketing, and events.

Sep 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 7 mos

• As Melbourne's Hackathon Queen, I'm proud to help you and your business get to the next stage in your innovation journey. Whether it's running a hackathon, designing a workshop, or bringing your staff up to speed on the latest trends, I'm here for you.
• I'm also involved in esports and motorsport and write extensively on a range on topics including business, innovation, motorsport, video gaming, the future of work, and more.

Aug 2017 – Nov 2017 · 3 mos

• CarbonSix provides is designed to help people succeed, and offer a range of specialities including hackathons, social media & marketing, grants & funding applications/advice, mentoring, web design, management, and anything you need to build your business further. We’ll help you no matter what stage you’re at; whether you’ve just got an idea, you’re into your scaling phase, or you’re a well established corporate with decades of experience, we tailor our services to help you succeed.

Nov 2016 – Dec 2016 · 1 mo

• The newest and finest Australian eSports venture. ZEN Esports Network is set to take Australian eSports to the global playing field. I'm the face of this exciting new brand, bringing you ZEN Esports Network's community, TV, tournaments, and pro League.

Apr 2016 – Dec 2016 · 8 mos

• Exclusive hackathon guru sitting with the Carlton Connect Initiative.

Feb 2015 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

• The Carlton Connect Initiative is an ambitious strategy to unite talented people who share a desire to tackle some of our biggest sustainability and social resilience challenges and a passion for designing new ideas and technologies to help secure Australia’s prosperity.

Jun 2014 – Sep 2014 · 3 mos

• Marketing and Communications Department. Recruitment, training and organisation of Student Guides at Open Day.

Mar 2016 – Oct 2016 · 7 mos

• Kingdom Hack is cordially inviting all to a national, professional and multidisciplinary Hackathon which intends on bringing together competitors to participate over 24 hours to make something amazing.

Nov 2015 – Oct 2016 · 11 mos

• Black is a collective of creative, talented minds who like to build awesome stuff because we can. The Black team have won a number of awards including Best Overall Prize and 'Best Cortana/Azure Implementation at the Microsoft Personal Computing Hackathon and 1st place at the Startup Weekend Melbourne.
• We're working on a number of cool projects, the main one being Ani, a scalable AI development platform. Ani featured at the Future Assembly Tech expo in 2015 and is working towards Microsoft Imagine Cup in 2016.

Mar 2014 – Jul 2014 · 4 mos

• Website design and creation, community programs and community engagement.

Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 · 5 mos

• Promoting Microsoft's products and services to staff and students on campus.

Jul 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos

• IT manager. Created new website, manage Facebook and Twitter Social Media accounts.

Jan 2012 – Dec 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Melbourne, VIC

• Student IT representative. Communicate with the IT manager, fix student IT problems, mainly internet issues.

Dec 2010 – Feb 2012 · 1 yr 2 mos · Albury, NSW

• Games Department and Online Sales Manager - working Christmas Casual Summer of 2010-2011 and Summer 2011-2012

Nov 2007 – Jan 2016 · 8 yrs 2 mos · 602 Olive St, Albury, NSW

• CLASS Training is a leader in computer training and software support. When I was still living in Albury, I worked in all parts of the business from customer service to training, graphics design, web management, finance and social media. Now I advise CLASS on social media, trending topics, latest technology and continue to help with marketing and web management.

Nov 2007 – Dec 2008 · 1 yr 1 mo · Albury, NSW, Australia