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Michael has over thirty years of experience in the computer industry where he began as a software engineer. Mike moved into management roles including the Chief Technology Officer for companies including Digital Equipment Corp (DEC), He was the CTO at NETCommerce and helped secure two funding rounds for over $12 million. Other positions include Unisys, Bank of America, Openware, Alltel (now Verizon), Equant/France Telecom, and NETCommerce. Michael taught as a professor of Information Sciences at Florida State University (FSU) and Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Michael currently teaches at Texas A&M.

Michael has experience in entrepreneurship, leadership, management, strategy, software architecture, process methodologies, software design and development, commercialization, funding, and research & development. Michael has successfully managed virtual teams and departments of 500+ staff. He has managed budgets over $50 million with a track record for on-schedule and on-budget delivery of high quality, high demand products used commercially around the world.

Michael received his Ph.D. from Georgia State University, and has an MBA and an undergraduate degree in computer science.