Michael is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded five high growth businesses over his twenty-five year career. Currently, Michael is the CEO, co-founder and board director of UrbanBound and is a co-founder and board director at Hireology, two venture-backed HR software companies based in Chicago. Prior to these ventures, Michael co-founded several other ventures, two of which were successfully acquired.

Michael holds a Bachelors of Business Administration with High Honors from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and is a past-president of the Chicago chapter of the Entrepreneur's Organization. In his spare time, Michael enjoys sailing, playing piano, cooking, watching Michigan and Detroit Lions football and spending quality time with his family and friends. He lives in Chicago with his wife, two children, and Brandy (dog).