Michel Triana

“Michel is a self-starter and a strong leader with lots of energy. He is a natural entrepreneur with a strategic mind and an incredible ability to get things done. He provides amazing value to the founders coming through the Founder Institute in South Florida through his experience both as a successful entrepreneur and investor.”

“I met Michel during my attendance at the Fort Lauderdale Founder’s Institute. He was one of the Directors. Michel has a brilliant mind and vast experience in many diverse areas that he draws from. He is generous with his advice and is not afraid to tell you the truth when no one else will. He will never allow you to work with a bad idea. He understands the value of time and won’t let you waste yours or his. These qualities make him the best mentor and friend to any entrepreneur that has the good fortune to work with him. However, don’t whine and leave your ego at the door. His coaching style is quick, sharp and clean. My business has benefited greatly from his mentoring, ”

“Recuerdo exactamente el momento cuando conocía a Michel Triana, durante un evento de negocios de Nova University en Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Estaba en la búsqueda de una incubadora de negocios donde personas como yo, con muchas ideas pero sin experiencia en empresas de tecnología, pudiésemos llevar a cabo un proyecto. La intuición me dijo que con este personaje iba a llegar exactamente al lugar que buscaba. Michel ha sido un excelente director en nuestro capítulo del Founder Institute en Fort Lauderdale, FL. Cuatro meses más tarde me estaba graduando en el primer grupo de fundadores junto a mi co-founder, Edgardo Ochoa, con nuestra idea: Velatino, una plataforma de distribución de videos culturalmente relvante para audiencias latinas. La ayuda de Michel Triana, su liderazgo y energía nos ayudaron a superar la difícil tarea de desarrollar un proyecto tan ambicioso en apenas 4 meses. Definitivamente, Michel es alguien que recomiendo como lmentor, como presentador con excelente manejo de audiencia, casi que excesivamente inteligente LOL y por supuesto, por sus habilidades tecnológicas. #Mentor #Bilingüe #StartupLife fi.co velatino.com ”

“Michel was and continues to be of tremendous assistance as I look to build out my company. We met through the Founder Institute, of which Michel was a director. He was regularly available for guidance and feedback as I went from idea through the accelerator program to pre-MVP. He is a true asset to the South Florida start-up ecosystem.”

“Michel and I worked together on many projects here at JM Family Enterprises. He lead the team of R&D and delivered many successful cutting edge solutions with great long term impact, and driving our technology and business forward. Michel possesses good judgmental skills, and we are always impressed with his ability of breaking down complex problems in easy and understandable ideas we can all get behind. He is also an excellent listener, and welcomes feedback from any level to deliver at the highest performance all the time. For the last 3 years I've enjoyed working with him, and it is with a bittersweet feeling that I'm seeing Michel move on from our Research and Development group. He will always be my friend, and I wish him the best of luck in his new endeavors. It was a pleasure and an honor to work with him, and I cannot wait what his leadership, passion and technical mastery will yield to the future of this world. He is destined to do great things. ”

“Having worked alongside Michel on several mobile application projects, I can say with certainty that he is the most talented, passionate and driven person I have ever worked with. I have never met anyone so deeply skilled in such a wide array of technologies that shows as much excitement and enthusiasm about his work. It has truly been amazing having him as our team lead. He is a quick thinker, superb communicator, and above all has never hesitated to help anyone who asks for it. He is the go to person for the most challenging software development projects. Not only is Michel an excellent software architect, he also possesses amazing attention to detail when it comes to user interface and user experience. It is rare to find someone with these somewhat disparate qualities so well refined. There are few people in this world you can truly feel comfortable recommending. Michel is no doubt one of them.”

“I worked with Michel at StartupQuest, when we both volunteered to Mentor teams of professionals as they developed Business Plans. His ability to form and manage an expert team impressed me. Michel was well regarded by the other Mentors as well as the members of this team. I'd be pleased to work with him in any company start-up environment.”

“Michel was my mentor in the Startup Quest 2014 program. In a word, he is excellent. He is extremely insightful and helpful. I found myself constantly challenged by him and driven to find reasons and meanings in everything I did, wrote, and said. From a business perspective, Michel has given me a new found ability to be a better professional for any company I join or create. From a personal perspective, Michel is friendly and accepting, and his demeanor is such that he always made me feel that 'everything will be ok'. I would recommend Michel as a mentor to anyone who is serious about increasing their business acumen. ”

“Michel is forward thinking individual with an insatiable appetite for process improvement through the use of technology. As an architect he is always on top of the latest technologies and trends but also making sense of it all from a business perspective. Among all Michel is a down to earth person can interact with senior management as well as the different people on the team including outsourced personnel. Michel is the type of resource asset that many companies aspire to have on their team and I highly recommend him.”

“Michel is a forward thinking individual always looking at what new technology is available that can be used within the organization. Michel is a hard worker, detailed oriented and always wants to do what is right.”

“Michel exhibits a true passion for technology. On several projects, it has been a pleasure to work with someone of his caliber. Michel possesses an admirable talent; in that he is able to architect a progressive - yet appropriate solution, based on the business need, integration complexities, and other project constraints. When challenged, Michel is relentless in his pursuit for technological excellence. As his colleague, I am grateful for his contributions, coaching, and contagious driven personality.”

“Michel is knowledgeable, innovative, and passionate. He loves technology and actively develops his industry knowledge and skills. He maintains a clear set of guiding values, and I would be happy to work with him any time.”

“I first heard about Michel when I was in high school. He was a year older than me but we were both in Math training sessions so my classmates were always talking about his talents for Math and his good results in Math contests. Later on I found him attending the same class as I at the University of Havana. I must say it was a pleasure to get to know Michel and to share those intense study times with him. You could always tell he had a gift for leadership and he was always a good communicator and mediator. He is a very fast learner who enjoys scientific challenges and also knows how to motivate and engage people around him. I only regret that we didn't have the chance to interact more but I definitely look forward to an opportunity to work together and learn from his experiences.”

“It is both a pleasure and honor to work with Michel. In a very short period of time, Michel has been able to come into the organization, learn the technical and functional aspects of the business and then deliver very effective architectural solutions to visionary and modernization-based projects. His attention to detail, ability to ask great questions and quickly understand the vision of the business is extremely impressive. His passion for what he does day in and day out definitely shows. I highly recommend Michel as he as the ability to quickly understand the business and provide his level of expertise with a passion.”

“I had the opportunity to work with Michel at JM Family Enterprises / South East Toyota. Michel is an outstanding senior technologist who serves as Principal Software Engineer. MIchel did a great job putting together architectural software solutions for a variety of different technical projects. Michel was a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend Michel to anyone.”

“It was an excellent experience to work together with Michel! He is so knowledgeable and always ready to help out. Has a high level of technical and leadership skills!”

“Michel is a professional in the broadest sense of the word. He brings to the table a broad range of knowledge, experience, critical thinking, and a willingness to exchange and explore new ideas. Working with him has proved to be a positive experience.”

“Michel is a great programmer and architect. At Acquinity he designed and implemented most of an entire system in a few of months, and he lead our team of 5 developers very well.”

“Michel and I attended the same classes in university. Michel was always noted for his advanced reasoning and ability to solve complex problems with highly effective solutions. It is quite remarkable his sense of perfection when completing any task or work which was manifested in software applications and products of unsurpassed quality. It's the kind of professional that every team wants to have. Highly recommended.”

“Triana is the personification of excellence. “I demand excellence of myself and expect nothing less from my team” he says all the time, and he lives by those words. He not only has an incredible depth of knowledge and produces great work; his humble mentoring and contagious passion improve all who work around him. Highly recommended, if you have an opportunity to work with Michel, seize it!”

“It is my pleasure to provide a recommendation for Michel Triana. Graduating from the SetFocus Master’s Program, he excelled in our intense, integrated, in-depth, SharePoint Training Program. I was impressed by his ability to work with many technologies during his time with SetFocus. He has gained experience with the Microsoft SharePoint Technologies, including but not limited to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) He has learned how to install and configure WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007, develop and deploy SharePoint applications. This included • Administering a SharePoint installation including setting up security groups, scheduling backups, managing site quotas, using stsadm. • Setting up forms based authentication • Creating site columns, content types and lists • Developing and deploying features • Creating custom site definitions, Web Parts • Web content management • SharePoint Designer Workflows • Using InfoPath forms • Custom Workflows and Workflow forms • Configuring and Incorporating Business Data Catalog Applications into Portal Solutions • Implementing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Excel Services, Forms Server • Implementing Business Intelligence Dashboards and creating Report Center Web Sites • Implementing Search and Indexing I found his excellent work ethic was demonstrated by his ability to work in an environment with firm deadlines, very large workloads, and complex specifications. He delivers projects in a time efficient manner, is flexible with specification changes and is able to work within teams on assigned projects. I recommend Michel Triana as a solid addition to your SharePoint staff. If you would like more information, I’d be happy to provide it. Sincerely, Robert Witkowski Dean of Students rwitkowski@setfocus.com”

“I instructed Michel in the SetFocus SharePoint Master's Program. He was a quick study, very inquisitive and poised, and keen to maximize his learning opportunity and gain in depth SharePoint knowledge. I was impressed by technical knowledge and would have no hesitation recommending him for a SharePoint engagement.”

“It was my pleasure to get acquainted with Michel as a classmate when we underwent a rigorous course on Sharepoint 2007 in 2009-2010. I found Michel to be very knowledgeable technically, and very well conversant with his craft. As the course progressed, it became clear that Michel also had exceptional leadership qualities, which came in extremely useful to all the students during the final collaborative team project. I also became aware of him as a technical blogger, and found his blogs exhibited his analytical rigor and technological wisdom. I am convinced that anybody who works with Michel would be more than impressed by his technical knowledge and leadership qualities.”

“Michel is a conscientious and meticulous project manager, designer, and developer. He's a crucial manager of the product team at US eDIRECT, responsible for meeting aggressive deadlines and directing creative teams toward tangible deliverables.”

“Michel is a very bright, hardworking individual. During our 8 months of class, Michel was always very particular in making sure he understood and knew how to apply the material. He was an instrumental member in our final project and presentation, which is still considered one of finest ever delivered at SetFocus. I enjoyed our time together and would recommend him as a member of any development team.”

“Michel is a stellar Chief Software Architect, with a rare combination of top-notch technical knowledge, coding skills, remarkable creativity and business acumen. I can only describe him as one of the most goals driven professionals and organized entrepreneurs I’ve known. Working for him, I have had the pleasure to experience what is like to be working with a productive and professional supervisor that promotes knowledge and a healthy work environment. He is very responsive and actively involved in day-to-day implementation and coding tasks; always approachable and reasonable, great qualities that help motivation to get the job done. Michel is a tremendous leader who only deserves my highest possible recommendation.”

“Michel brings with him a fantastic new dynamic to into any team he steps into. He is enthusiastic, talented, with an extraordinary passion for technology. The guy is a bible for best practices and standards when it comes to software development and architecture. The bottom line is: he is brilliant and a great asset to any organization. I can’t recommend Michel Triana highly enough.”

“Michel always impressed everyone around him with his knowledge and passion over science problems. No problem was big enough for him, no challenge was inadequate large. He’s the guy with the unlimited bucket of ideas flying off from his head all the time. Through the almost 8 years we spend together as classmates, I watch Michel won medals on several Math competitions of international significance, including the OIM (Olimpíadas Iberoamericanas de Matemática) and the International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO). Besides being one of the more gifted people I’ve known, he’s a great business man with an incredible entrepreneurial character. He was the man to see when you needed a problem solved, a solution done quickly and effectively. He’s a funny-smart guy that is constantly giving words of encouragement for everyone around, with an impressive capacity to lift a person's spirit and determination. He’s a great friend and I feel very fortunate to know him and have worked and study with Michel.”