Hi. I sew stuff now.

Michael Savage. Former web developer and deputy sheriff, practicing bag guy. I run Lynx Defense — American-made sewn goods for the firearms, military, and outdoor industry. This site is still my resume — and where I mess around to keep the web skills alive.

The real work ↗ Side projects ↓

Loose parts

Side projects · drag them around — they snap back

PART № 001
Flightory

3D printed drone project. Printed, wired, and flown — a different kind of build plate.

PART № 002
Shop production software

Software that runs the Lynx Defense floor — cut lists, batches, and stitch counts. The web dev skills weren't wasted after all.

PART № 003
Marketing app

Manages product send-outs and content creation — who got what, and what got made about it.

On the record

The resume

Work
Lynx Defense2013 – Present

Founder. We design and sew range bags, cases, and gear in North Carolina — American materials, American labor. Started as a side project; now it's the whole job. lynxdefense.com ↗

Johnston County Sheriff's OfficeJun 2012 – Jul 2023

Detective, eleven years. Worked Criminal Investigations and Patrol, mostly digital evidence — pulling data off phones and writing search warrants for devices and online services.

Lynx Creative GroupMay 2008 – Jan 2026

My first company. Built it from zero to 30-some active clients doing WordPress sites, and shepherded two iPhone apps from idea to the App Store.

Campbell UniversityJun 2007 – Dec 2011

Helped plan and ship several full redesigns of the university's sites, and built a job-posting system into their CMS.

Education
B.B.A. — Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC · 2014
Basic Law Enforcement Training
Central Carolina C.C., Lillington, NC · 2012
Things I'm good at
Project managementHTML / CSS / PHP / MySQLWordPress · Expression EngineNetworking & serversSEOmacOS · Windows · LinuxPC buildingPhotoshop · Lightroom · IllustratorIndustrial sewing