Susan Payne
Mike is not only an amazing and thoughtful cross-platform designer, but also the kind of teammate who helps you be your best.
Mike makes you think about the entire customer experience across all channels and will ask the hard questions of his product and development team.
I would highly recommend Mike and hope to work with him again in the future.
Dana Bain
Mike is a consummate professional who takes his work seriously but less so himself. He has boundless creativity and deep UI/UX expertise.
He puts his customer at the center of his work, demonstrating excellent follow-through.
If you require an experienced UX/UI designer that you would trust to put in front of your customer, Mike will serve you well.
Vince L. Rodriguez
I've had the pleasure of working with Mike on various projects during the last several years. Mike brings a wealth of technical experience, creative and unique solutions, and great management and organizational skills.
However, one of his greatest strengths is being the "interpreter" between the technical and subject matter experts. He is able to straddle both worlds and produce results that are innovative and fulfill the subject matter experts' as well as management's vision and goals for the project or program.
Josh McGhee
Mike makes the complicated simple and the complex attainable.
This comes from his deep understanding that technology and user experience should never be separate conversations.
Mike challenges project managers to re-think strategy, and each time they did, the project became better and better. I would recommend Mike to be a leader in any IT/website strategy environment.
Tom Skowronski
I worked with Mike for several years on a variety of different projects, including a large-scale redesign of our flagship website.
Mike offered creative design solutions that would improve the user experience in several areas of the site, and was always willing to roll up his sleeves to help others. He offers innovative solutions to problems rather than just presenting problems for others to solve.
For another site redesign, Mike took the lead on managing the project as well as developing the design and user experience. He was able to bring the project to a close on time, and with a result that made it easier for customers to find the information they needed.
Mike is always willing to go the extra mile and his UX/UI skills, combined with his organization, creativity and enthusiasm make him a great person to work with.
Michael Lynch, CCC
In working with Mike on web projects, I've seen the quality of his UX/UI work and his technical capabilities.
However, I think his even greater strengths are in the soft skills he brings to teams and projects. He's someone you want on your team because you know he'll be all-in, bringing enthusiasm and ideas to the group. Mike does a wonderful job of mentally putting himself in the shoes of users to proactively suggest improvements that serve their needs. There are lots of people who can code and apply standard solutions to common problems.
But Mike is that rare person who is willing to go beyond what's expected, stretching to think creatively about how to make something that's "good enough" better. Mike is that rare person that combines competence and capability with a servant-leader approach that focuses on team and project successes.
I've seen this first-hand in projects we've worked on together and also in the strong commitment he's made as the volunteer leader of our organization's employee enrichment committee.
Michael Edmond
It's usually humanly impossible to see the long and short of anything at the same time - let alone be able to communicate it effectively to diverse audiences so that they, too, are imbued with that vision.
But, I've found that quality in Mike, working with him these past years. User-interface doesn't stop at component behavior and user experience spills into making the requesting customer's interaction with the team.
Most amazingly, he does this while giving them a chuckle, which is not easy when talking about sprint cadence or component state.
George Bounacos
Mike Truese and I have collaborated on multiple client projects. His UI/UX design skills and creativity are top-notch.
He has a unique ability of working with clients and translating their feedback into action for marketers, support staff, and other team members. He also helps disparate groups of clients and team members understand each other.
Along with those project management skills, he delivers projects on time. The result is always an easy-to-use website with forward thinking design replete with usability best practices. More than once, I’ve heard him say to a client that visitors will have an easier time if a certain change is made. The client agrees to try the suggestion and is thrilled when the results are as good as Mike predicted that they would be.
Mike helped me make my practice more successful. He is much more than just a designer and developer. He has big and small company experience with a passion for quality, creativity, and exceeding expectations.
I wholeheartedly recommend him as part of your team.