Mike graduated from Brigham Young University with a BS in Business Management and Marketing and a minor in Dutch Literature. He is a Financial Planner with The Retirement Solution, serves as the President of the Advisory Board for Velvet Media, and is the former President of the Advisory Board and co-founder of Fresh Consulting.
Prior to becoming a financial planner, Mike worked with Apptio, one of Seattle’s fastest growing SaaS enterprise software firms, managing the client relationship with Apptio’s top clients for building their practice of Technology Business Management. Mike also worked with WordPerfect Corporation leading a multinational development team in building the first release of WordPerfect Office in a handful of Germanic languages. His project management and sales leadership continued delivering high-value results for Novell, Intel, Fujitsu, Compuware, AT&T Wireless, QWest, T-Mobile, Boeing Space & Defense, Microsoft and Unisys Corporation.
As part of his belief in community service, Mike served on two non-profit boards. He is a former Scoutmaster and current committee chair with the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 551. Hobbies include biking, hiking, camping, golfing, Scouting and volunteer service.