Prior to his role as Director at High Alpha Innovation, Mike built and managed the corporate venture capital program and incubated new internal ventures at Marriott International, established and led platform in support of portfolio companies and funds at Greenspring Associates, created and spun out tech-enabled startups at a Boston-based startup studio, and consulted large corporations on growth strategy, innovation capabilities, and new venture development at Innosight, a firm co-founded by late Harvard Business School professor Clay Christensen. He began his career at Best Buy Co. in marketing, marketing research, and new product development. Mike holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA from the University of Michigan. He lives in Minneapolis area with his wife and two young boys and enjoys winter sports of all kinds.