Author of ACCELERANTS and creator of the repeatable best practice methodologies earning the company a reputation for delivering measurable results for Fortune 2000 organizations, Michael serves as thought-leader for the company's direction and core offerings.

With his third book ACCELERANTS published by Portfolio, the business imprint of Penguin Group U.S.A., published in January of 2007, Michael has gained a reputation as one of this countries premier keynote speakers for corporate conventions and events; receiving recognition from Microsoft as the highest rated keynote speaker for their Microsoft World Fusion Conventions. An entrepreneur since 1986, he has co-founded and sold two businesses in the technology and credential verification space. He holds a BA in Communications and Psychology from the University of Minnesota.

His vision is to embed the ACCELERANT Principles into the DNA of organization's front-end business development efforts, to improve their top line and compress the time it takes to close business—while adding more respect on both sides of the process.