Michael is a veteran engineering and product leader with more 20 years of experience building high-impact teams and scaling secure, cloud-native platforms.

He combines deep technical fluency—with expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, data architecture, and AI systems—with a track record of scaling organizations from startup to enterprise. He has held leadership roles at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Target Corp., Pine River Capital Management, and multiple VC-backed SaaS startups, where he led platform transformations, launched AI-powered solutions, and drove measurable product growth.

Michael holds an M.S. in Technology Management from Columbia University, a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, and certificates in AI (Johns Hopkins) and Product Management (Cornell).

His leadership is grounded in systems thinking, empathetic coaching, and a relentless focus on building products that solve real-world problems—starting with the people we love most.