User Researcher and Designer

Instant photograph of a man in glasses, with a beard. — © Kate Dollarhyde 2025

Michael researches and designs award winning applications and devices for sports fans around the world.

You can see his work when buying tickets for baseball teams, using your face to access stadiums, or looking at top apps in the sports category of your phone's app store every summer.

Work

The MLB Ballpark App, each summer's number one sports app, with ongoing fan feedback research and future facing R&D discovery. The Ballpark App helps fans get into and around the stadium as their day of game companion.

Go-Ahead Entry, baseball's facial authentication ticketing solution and 2024 CES Innovation Award Honoree in Sports & Fitness, with early exploratory research, focus groups, and ongoing fan feedback insights. Available at ten parks, you can sign up today in the MLB Ballpark App.

Designed and researched MyProVenue and ProVenue, the front and backend ticketing solution for many Major and Minor League Baseball teams. Check them out buying tickets to a game this summer.