About Michael Sikorsky
| The third-person-bio:
Michael likes to make things. Currently he spends the majority of his time working on all things iPhone and iPad in his company Robots and Pencils Inc. In 2011, Robots and Pencils developed an iPhone/iPad (iOS) App which became the #4 Top Grossing App in the North American iTunes App Store (World Explorer made for Minecraft). Michael was also proud to be selected as one of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People in August of 2011. In 2010, Michael was also honoured as being selected Top 40 under 40 in Calgary, became the Entrepreneur In Residence for the University ofAlberta Engineering Faculty, developed a #2 hit iPad App across the UK,and his company Robots and Pencils won the Innovation/Leadership award from Digital Alberta for their iPhone/iPad (iOS) work. In previous years Michael won the Great Canadian Pitch-Off at theCanadian Venture Forum, sold a company to ThoughtWorks, was named Canada’s Internet Revolutionary by Profit magazine (2007) and spoke at Cyberport Hong Kong,Harvard Business School, MIT, and Stanford. Michael received a Computer Engineering degree from the University ofAlberta, holds a software patent related to innovative rendering techniques and is a proud member of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO CalgaryChapter). Lastly, Michael runs the Calgary iPhone/iPad Dev Camp, Teaches iPhone/iPad Development and also runs an intimate weekend course on Startups (Startup School). - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – -
The first-person-backgrounder:
Not telling juicy details about a first-kiss gone terribly wrong, my childhood (Canadian) or horrible product ideas I’ve had, I think, would be best. However, that leaves me with very little to discuss. - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - Why all the killing? My Mom hates the name ‘killing michael’. For me it represents an ideal of growth. Pushing yourself hard enough to make it difficult to recognize the last person you were. - – - – - – - – -
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