Michael Trexler

TAP CRM

TAP is a comprehensive software suite for managing a martial arts business. It provides martial arts school owners and employees with many features, including the ability to sign-up new students with a simple mobile wizard interface, track student progress, check-in students via a mobile kiosk, manage billing and subscriptions, create marketing campaigns, and view membership and sales insights.

CheckMate

CheckMate is a business intelligence dashboard and economic forecasting tool developed for the Portfolio Strategy Team at Freddie Mac. It provides valuable current and future economic insights to senior members of the Portfolio Strategy Team, by allowing them to model potential economic scenarios.
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Rocky Mountain ATV

Rocky Mountain ATV utilized Facebook to reward their fans for their loyalty. A contest to see how many of your friends can "like" their page led to an immediate increase in fans for Rocky Mountain ATV.

Suzuki

A 2-in-1 Facebook application was developed for Suzuki Motor Corporation: Part one is a ratings system for Suzuki vehicles, and part two a dealer locator. The application allows Suzuki administrators to load new cars and modify information on the front-end via a custom-built content management system.

SodaStream

Soda Stream is the largest home seltzer and soda-making equipment distributor in the United States. I managed the development of a Facebook application that has some fun features and games that teach its fans about the Soda Stream product. It features a gifting application, a quiz, information about the Soda Stream products, and facts about home soda-making in general.

Our Susu

OurSusu is an application that allows people to join together to save money. Users of the application commit to save a determined amount, join a group, and take turns receiving payouts. I managed the development of the OurSusu Facebook application, which features complex credit calculating tools, a financial back-end, and social networking componenets to bring people together within the application.

ABCO Fire Protection

I oversaw the redesign and redevelopment efforts for the abcofire.com website. ABCO Fire Protection is the primary supplier of fire protection products and services for the Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan area, as well as some surrounding states. The updated website was built using a customized WordPress template, where I provided support related to project management, development, and design.

Scioto

Scioto is the leader in disability housing in the United States, serving nearly 2,000 individuals with developmental disabilities in 30 states. I managed the development of a Wordpress CMS website for Scioto. We worked closely with the designer and content writers to craft each page, keeping our client in the loop every step of the way.

Blackjack

A cross-platform blackjack game. Built in HTML5 and designed for mobile, it is compatible with iOS, Android, and every desktop browser.

Tebazile

Tebazile is an online jewelry retailer located in Los Angeles. I managed the redesign of their Flash-based e-commerce website.

Mutant Space Crabs

Touch the left or right side of your screen to move your ship from left to right. Avoid contact or relations with evil crabs from outer space, and destroy as many of them as you possibly can. Collect Gratii as they fall from space. Good Luck!!

Celebrity X Cruises

Featuring 9 different cruise ships, Celebrity is one of the world's premier cruise lines. I worked with a media agency who provided creative content, to ensure the development effort went smoothly. We worked to create a photo contest for Celebrity's 115,000 fans, and performed rigorous test cases and quality assurance tests to ensure a successful product launch.

Rachel Zoe

I led the team which developed a new Facebook campaign for Rachel Zoe. The new application featured the latest Rachel Zoe fashion advice, and several ways to keep fans engaged in upcoming shows.

Veritas Technology

I led the design and development efforts of a new web presence at veritastechnologyinc.com. The new web site features an attractive design which showcases their technology platform and highlights their efforts to reward those who are making a difference toward sustainability and humanitarian causes.

Aspen Hill Plumbing

Aspen Hill Plumbing is Maryland's premier plumbing company. Their updated website features a customer feedback content management system, and a built-in contact form for installation or repair inquiries.

VivaStreet

VivaStreet is Latin America's largest classified website, and is also quite popular in Europe, Canada, and the United States. As Facebook's presence continued to grow in Latin America, VivaStreet saw an opportunity to port their system to Facebook, while keeping the data integrated in one place. I oversaw the development of the front end, while VivaStreet supplied the data.

California Baptist U.

The CBU Fan Fun Zone is a marketing effort by the California Baptist University staff, to engage students to get interested in CBU. It allows students to participate in photo contests where they snap photos around campus and display the pictures on their application. In addition, there is a coupon system to allow prospective students to receive discounts on their application fee.

ServeSurfer

Serve Surfer is an application where people can search for tutors near them. Tutors can sign up and create a profile on the application, then advertise their services. Students can search for tutors near them, and apply for them directly within the application. I managed the development of the Serve Surfer Facebook app and the Serve Surfer Foundation, which caters to non-profit organizations and their volunteers.

Embassy Suites Hotels

I oversaw the development of a Facebook marketing campaign for Embassy Suites Hotel which encouraged people to write their favorite travel tips. The first 10,000 people to send in their travel tip got a grab-bag of hotel goodies. The application was built to accept user's contact information, in order to help automate the sending process. The Embassy Suites facebook page is now more popular than ever before.

Puzzle Social

Welcome to PuzzleSocial, your complete social crossword and sudoku experience. A comprehensive flash gaming suite, featuring e-commerce (in-app purchased tournament tokens and prizes), multiplayer, and gameplay stats, this is your one-stop shop for multiplayer puzzle gaming. Puzzles are sponsored daily by newspapers such as the LA times, and they are the same puzzles found in the newspaper that day.

South Beach Tanning

South Beach Tanning Company saw how important it was to establish a presence on Facebook, so they decided to build a suite of apps to grow their online presence. I managed the development of the applications to showcase the South Beach Tanning Company line of products and services, and allow its fans to print out coupons to bring them into the salons.

Stork Bet

Stork bet is a fun application where friends of expecting parents can make friendly bets about how and when the baby will turn out. Its users can create or join a baby pool, and select parameters to vote on, including height, weight, eye color, or date of birth. At the end, winners are determined, and prizes can (optionally) be awarded to the winner.

Vang Sparebank

An application suite built for Vang Sparebank's Ubekymra program. The suite features a mortgage calculator, imported blog feeds, and a stock market game. The stock market game is updated daily, live from Norway, using an Oslo Market Solutions feed. You can challenge friends to see who can make the highest returns, and the winners are judged at the end of every year.

FireKeepers Casino

A quick application to get Firekeepers Casino's fans engaged was no problem. I managed the design and development of this slot machine application, where you can find your Lucky Friend and share it on your wall. The application helped build awareness of the Firekeepers brand, and future work to build upon this user-base is planned.

Fantastic Sams

A simple coupon application was built for Fantastic Sams, to help spread the word of Fantastic Sams and grow their fanbase, and also to bring Fantastic Sams customers into the stores. After a Facebook user "Likes" the page, they get access to a coupon that they can print out and bring to a Fantastic Sams location near them.

Bandeka

Bandeka is an online dating community for highly educated Africans living in North America and Europe. I helped with the overall design and conceptualization of the website, and provided technical expertise in evaluating possibilities for the sites functionality. I played the role of project manager and quality assurance lead.

Trimble

When Trimble went to the InterGEO Trade Show in Germany, they wanted a Facebook presence where they could collect the information of people they were going to meet at the show. The application also displayed photos and news feed updates live from InterGEO, so fans could stay engaged. The updated page serves as a welcome page and info collection form for Trimble on Facebook.

The Daily Game Store

The owner of the Daily Game Store was looking for an online store to attract customers to his affiliate game program. I created wire frame concepts and managed the design of the application, and while our development staff utilized an affiliate API to populate the store with games. Next we added the social networking components of Facebook to allow the word-of-mouth marketing to drive in the new customers.

DaySpring

DaySpring is an online distributor of Christian greeting cards and gifts. I managed the design and development of their Facebook application, which allows people to share greetings with their friends. The application catalyzed phenomenal growth on the DaySpring fan page: The first week after installation, their Facebook fanbase increased by 33%, over 10,000 additional users!

Snake

A new design on a classic game, this version features three levels of gameplay, including a blazingly fast Turbo mode. If you eat enough apples, Gratii coins appear which you can use to purchase real items through the Gratii Customer Loyalty system.

BicycleSpace WDC

I developed a flash web page to introduce the staff of BicycleSpace WDC. It features an animated bike that flips a trading card off its spoke as it rides by. Each trading card contains a picture and info about each staff member.

Golden Dragon Baccarat

A baccarat game that is available to play in English and Chinese. The game features special mechanics to make the game feel more realistic, such as a card-flipping mechanism where the player can slowly peek at their cards. It also features a marketplace, achievements, gifting, and tournaments to engage the players. Ecommerce is handled with PayPal, and players can buy coins to play more baccarat.

I am a web application developer.