MichaelBerea

I build software that has to work. Banking systems that move real money, plus a few products of my own on the side.

  • Day workOwning MFA and self-service tools for a federal credit union
  • StackC# / .NET, Symitar / Episys, SQL Server, Azure
  • SideBadger Stump Grinding
  • BuildingA new product most years. DadLifts is the current one.
  • HomeMarried, three kids, homeschooling in Kenosha
  • Garage1992 Honda Nighthawk CB750
Michael Berea in the garage.
About

The short version

I'm a software engineer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, working remotely for Quorum Federal Credit Union. For the last four years that's meant credit union technology: work that sits between the Symitar/Episys core and everything a member actually touches, like self-service forms, multi-factor authentication, and the Alkami widgets I built earlier in my career.

PowerOn and SymXchange on one side. C#, .NET, and Azure on the other, plus the integrations that hold them together. Not many people can comfortably work on both sides of that divide. I own things end to end: sit with the business for requirements, build it, ship it, then support it in production.

Selected experience

What that actually looks like

Oct 2023 — Present

Full Stack Software Engineer

Quorum Federal Credit Union · Remote

  • Own the member-facing multi-factor authentication platform end to end, including custom OTP authentication in C#/.NET for Episys core workflows, integrated with the Clickatell SMS API.
  • Delivered the Trust Conversion initiative: a secure member-facing web form with document upload and Flowgear integration that replaced a manual, paper-dependent process, from requirements through UAT to production.
  • Subject matter expert for the Secure Forms platform, including Trust Conversion, Close Savings Account, and Beneficiary Management.
  • Led ADA/WCAG accessibility remediation across roughly 15 member-facing forms, running BrowserStack audits and coordinating regression testing.
  • Building the HELOC pre-qualification experience in React and TypeScript.

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Selected projects

Things I’ve built

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Writing

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Get in touch

Happy to talk shop: banking technology, .NET, product development, SaaS, or whatever you’re building. If you’ve got an interesting idea, I want to hear it.

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