Mike is the best executive I have ever had the pleasure to work with. First and foremost, he is a natural leader who engages everyone on his team. He is highly intelligent, intuitive and decisive. His communication skills, financial aptitude and mastery of sales and marketing are outstanding. In addition, he is an excellent personal coach and mentor with strong business and personal ethics.

Terry Ross, Vice President, Product Development, Activant Solutions

Mike is an extraordinary speaker, facilitator and coach. His command of the Professional Manager mindset and skill set is based on a long run of highly successful Hired Gun assignments. Mike keeps it real using stories from the trenches to validate lessons learned. Then he converts this raw intelligence into a practical framework that inspires action and demands accountability. Mike’s career success principles are indisputable for the Professional Manager who wants to be a game changer and is willing to learn from a master.

Danya Casey, YPO-WPO International Seminars, Program Director

Mike is a high energy CEO with an uncanny ability to spot areas for improvement. He is supportive and nurturing of his team, yet demanding and results oriented. When he spots a persistent problem, he is not afraid to roll up his sleeves and get involved.

Somesh Singh Sr. VP, R&D and Technical Operations, Vignette Corporation

Mike is a strong leader and executive with high standards for himself and his team. Mike takes on complex issues and develops solutions with his team that drive the operational and strategic goals of the organization, the needs of the customers and expectations of the stakeholders. Mike is unafraid to confront the “elephant in the room”. Mike makes those around him “step up their game”. He helped make me a better executive.

Don Roach, SVP CFO Footaction USA, Melville Corporation

Mike has chaired three of his GSB reunion campaigns, driving strong results for funds raised and collective participation in the class campaigns. For his recent 20th reunion, Mike led a team of 20+ classmate volunteers in the outreach campaign that led to a best-ever $4.8 million raised with contributions from a remarkable 75% of the class.

These results are made possible by Mike’s terrific commitment, his apt strategic counsel and his keen attention to detail. Throughout the campaign, he provided sound advice about campaign pace, messaging and volunteer management. The respect that he commands amongst his peers led to the terrific success of the fundraising campaign. Mike has also lent his considerable talents to the GSB Management Board, a senior alumni advisory board on which he served 2003-2006.

Erin Stevenson, Associate Director of Development, Stanford Graduate School of Business