Michael Hanson

About Michael Hanson

Entrepreneur and technology leader, with a passion for empowering users by making complex systems useful and delightful. I have led six startups and several R&D teams in large Silicon Valley companies across multiple exits and product launches.Throughout my career, I\'ve focused on making sophisticated software feel natural, designing systems that coordinate across multiple platforms, and architecting experiences that go beyond the surface to understand deeper patterns.The connecting thread is the challenge of coordinating complex systems: how do we build an architecture that allows these systems to work together intelligently?Currently, I am architecting the technical foundation for the next generation of AI-powered workplace coordination at Clockwise. We offer the world\'s only Model Context Protocol server for sophisticated enterprise time management, allowing any AI to reason about time and make calendar decisions with human-level nuance.

Experience

1. CTO

   Clockwise

   Mar 2025 — Present

   Clockwise is the world’s most powerful AI calendar. It respects how people really work and helps them make time for what matters in their day. Clockwise has helped more than 40k of the world’s most innovative companies – including Atlassian, Asana, and Uber – create more than 6 million hours for deep work and boost productivity.We recently debuted the industry\'s first Model Context Protocol server for time, the missing piece of intelligence every AI needs to make human-like calendar decisions and fuel more productive teams at scale.

Education

• Stanford University

  BS, MS, Computer Science

  1992 — 1997

Skills

• Cryptography
• Java
• Html5
• Xml
• Rest
• Public Key Cryptography
• Internet Entrepreneur
• Soap
• Linux
• Identity Federation
• Innovation
• Browsers
• Start-Ups
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Entrepreneurship
• Intrapreneurship
• Online Identity
• Soa