Mike is a User Experience professional, advisor and entrepreneur located in Los Angeles. With a background in Interaction Design, Visual Design and Product Development, Mike has developed and improved products for over 14 years. His experience in creating multidisciplinary strategies and tactics to solve research, design, and differentiation problems has repeatedly lead to positive results.
Most recently Mike was the VP of User Experience and Design for Myspace. In this role, Mike was at the forefront of developing contextually appropriate methods towards attracting and developing top talent, user research, interface standards and improving the product experience. This served as the foundation for moving the offering from the legacy social network to a social entertainment destination.
The majority of Mike's 12 years of leading companies in the area of User Experience has been in and around Silicon Valley for companies such as Aol, Intuit, TechTV and numerous startups. While he has a global presence in the greater Product Design community, his home and heart is in Los Angeles. He is actively involved with the local startup community as the founder of Twiistup which he sold in 2009 but continues to thrive in LA.
Press
Urbandig App Wants To Take You On Expert Local Tours
MySpace Relaunch Focuses on Successful Niche: Entertainment
New MySpace VP of Product Signs on to Strutta Advisory Board
MySpace CEO: “Our users don’t know if we’re a social portal, a music site, or an entertainment hub”
Techcrunch
Tech Event Twiistup Gets Acquired by Private Investor
Local Tech Scene Sweetheart Twiistup...Sold! Mike Macadaan's Geek Chic Party Conquers Los Angeles, sets sights on World
Experts in the Industry: Mike Macadaan (3 of 45)
SoCal Tech - The Undiscovered Country
Los Angeles Internet Industry Has Positive Outlook for 2009
Media Rollup Firm Tsavo Acquiring Some Assets Of MoxyMedia; Both Backed By American Capital
EXPLORING TSAVO MEDIA
The Name Game: Interview With Mike Macadaan - Part 1
The Story of Nibbledish: Interview With Mike Macadaan - Part II
LA VIDA LOCA: MONSTERS, AND CORY KENNEDY'S SOCKS
Twiistup 5 Takes off from Santa Monica Airport
Cogi Recognized by Twiistup as One of the Top 10 Technology Start-Ups to Watch
Twiistup 4 a Sell Out Success
Changing the World Is Fan Favorite at Twiistup 4 As ToolsToLife.Com Wins
Twiistup Announces Showoff Finalists for Southern California's Premier Tech Event
Twiistup 4 was a blast!<
SoCal geeks ready for the spotlight
LAist Attends Twiistup 3 and Gets Our Geek On!
Southern Cal gets its due at Twiistup 2
Twiistup One [dot] oh in the books