# Michael Turck

> Software engineering at Whop

Location: New York, New York, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/michaelturck

## Work Experience
### Staff Software Engineer @ Whop
Jan 2025 – Present | New York, United States

### Cofounder and CTO @ Forefront Technologies
Jan 2021 – Present
Forefront ($6M raised) is a platform for developers to easily deploy and fine-tune open source large language models

### Chief Technology Officer @ Fion Technologies
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
Led the development of an AI powered platform for simulating wildfires to aid in planning and response

### Full Stack Engineer @ Transmira
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020
Designed virtual real estate platform to visualize and facilitate purchase of tens of thousands of locations using React and Node.js 

Developed virtual goods platform to create and distribute AR/VR virtual goods at global scale and in real time to mobile users using React and Node.js

Authored REST API using OpenAPI 3.0 spec

### Cloud Engineer @ Deloitte
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area
Developed automated infrastructure environment on Google Cloud Platform for large banking client using Terraform and Golang.

Led client demo showcasing the use of Kubernetes (GKE) and Istio to enhance control and observability of networking infrastructure.

Deployed on-premise hybrid cloud software for a large retail client to enhance performance of backend retail applications

### Engineering Intern @ Spreedly
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

### Software Engineer Intern @ Oracle
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Morrisville, NC
Performed QA and development in PHP for a large telecommunications product

### Quality Assurance Intern @ Oracle
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Morrisville, NC
Performed accessibility testing for large telecommunications product.

Automated generation of documentation using VBA.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science - BS in Chemical Engineering
North Carolina State University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2018


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/michael-turck

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Last updated: 2026-03-22