Mike has worked with new technology ventures at the senior management level for CAP CO2, LLC (Wichita, KS), kozoru, inc. (Kansas City, MO), Aristotle International (San Francisco, CA), Etak-TeleAtlas (Menlo Park, CA), and Rand McNally Corporation (San Francisco, CA). Throughout his entrepreneurial career, Mike has co-founded four new ventures, raised millions of dollars in early-stage capital, authored or coauthored 10 patents, and strategically led the development of a 10 year $600 million dollar technology-based economic development initiative. This act created visionary initiatives including the Kansas Bioscience Authority (KBA), and the Kansas Angel Investor Tax credit.

Mike has an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Lally School of Technology and Management, achieving the W. Franklin Spafford Award of Highest Distinction for Academic Achievement. As a Robert Bozzone Fellow, Mike's graduate concentrations included: innovation strategy, new product development and technological entrepreneurship. Mike currently serves on the U.S. Senator Pat Roberts Science and Technology Advisory Board's, John O. Farmer, Inc. Board of Directors, and Leap2, LLC.