Michael Crump is joining Vonage's Developer Relations Team as a Developer Advocate, focusing on the company's Communication APIs such as Messaging, Voice, and Video to help developers discover and implement these APIs. Michael has been in advocacy roles since 2011, working with various technologies including .NET, XAML, ASP.NET, Node.js, Python, and Go. He enjoys sharing best practices and methods with the developer community, learning from them, and helping others overcome challenges. As a coder, YouTuber, and frequent speaker, Michael is passionate about providing no-nonsense explanations of the benefits of different technologies.