Mike has been a start-up CFO since 2013, both as a full-time employee and as a fractional consulting
CFO, delivering GAAP-compliant financials, driving revenue growth, fundraising, negotiating contracts,
budgeting/forecasting, managing cash, and ensuring compliance. He has over thirty years of executive
leadership and consulting experience in assisting both large and small organizations through difficult
realignments of their strategy, finances, and business processes. Mike’s expertise includes driving both
top and bottom-line financial performance for all types of businesses, aligning business strategy,
improving operations, as well as managing HR, Legal and Operations teams. Mike is also an expert in
financial modeling and developing scenario-based financial forecasts. He began his career at Booz, Allen
& Hamilton, successfully helping large Fortune 500 companies like Chevron, Mobil Oil, Apple, Fox, First
Nationwide and Bechtel. While consulting at M Squared, he helped Cisco on a series of programs
including incubating and growing a multi-billion dollar sales initiative. Mike received an MBA in finance,
marketing, strategy, and entrepreneurship from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern,
and a BA from Claremont McKenna College.