Michael Balmaceda is a Webmaster, Owner and Principal at amicable llc. They is proficient in French and Spanish. Colleagues describe them as "Every now and then in life you find one of those people who reinvigorates your faith in humankind: you know that they'll do what they say they’re going to do; they do it in a timely way; and they complete it with skill and grace. Michael has been one of those humans for me. For well over a decade, he’s been the lead web developer for the website design+build projects that my studio has taken on. He’s built and maintained sites for all our key clients, from single-page brochure sites to complex enterprise sites with hundreds of pages and deep functionalities, for clients from start-ups to businesses with valuations in the hundreds of millions. He’s managed initial builds and years of meticulous maintenance, always keeping best practices at the core of his work. I’ve leaned on him hard to know what is possible and what is prudent, where the industry is going, and often had him function as a liaison between our clients’ marketing and IT departments. If that summed up Michael, that would be reason enough for me to try and keep him in my orbit forever. But added to that are the immeasurable benefits of being a calm, friendly, unflappable presence. Working with Michael inspired me to rewrite my core business motto: only work with nice people."