About the founder
Michael Chora
Founder & CEO, Shakewell
Michael Chora is a web and software engineer, entrepreneur, and the founder of Shakewell Agency.
From CTO to founder
After graduating from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Information Technology focused on computer science, Michael built a career as a well-respected CTO across retail, e-commerce and web agencies, including Lagardère, AMR Hair & Beauty Supplies, Officeworks, Yellow Cabs and Apparent Advertising.
That work spans PHP and Laravel, cloud architecture on Amazon Web Services, UX/UI, and the front-end stack, a combination that let him build and run a diverse portfolio of high-performing businesses.
He founded Shakewell in 2018, stepping away from corporate office life to build it. It is now a team of more than 70 designers, engineers and product people, headquartered in Sydney with colleagues across several countries.
How he works
Michael has guided companies, universities and not-for-profits through websites, apps and IT overhauls. His strength is holding the big picture and the intricate detail at the same time, and, as a former technical lead, implementing solutions to problems before they arrive rather than after.
It is also why Shakewell does not sell a platform. The agency builds capability around the systems a business already runs, so nobody is locked into a tool that the market outruns in a year.
Work delivered under his direction
Get in touch
Michael is directly involved in the work Shakewell takes on. If you want to talk about a project, that conversation usually starts with him.