A 1963 graduate of Sidney Central High School and 1967 graduate of Colgate University, Mike achieved great success in the business world, steadily moving up in the computer industry and retiring in 2000 as Vice President & General Manager - North America, Enterprise Sales, a Division of Digital Equipment Corp. and subsidiary of Compaq Computer where a former colleague and current Executive Chairman of the Board of AMD (NYSE: AMD) credited Mike for generating more than $5 billion of revenue for Digital.
Responsible for many business turnarounds, he's hailed by industry leaders as a business mentoring role model, instrumental in developing the talents of others. According to Jack Novia, Managing Director and Senior Vice President (Retired), Hewlett Packard Americas, "no less than five other executives under Mike's wing and tutelage went on to run multimillion/billion dollar businesses."
Though retired, Mike continues to make a difference in the lives of others by applying his leadership talents as a board member or volunteer in various non-profit charities and community organizations. He's credited for raising millions for the Fran Delaney ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) Foundation, motivated to do so by the death of a former colleague who died from the disease.
He championed the idea and helped obtain funding for the Music & Youth Initiative Foundation serving young people in Massachusetts and for its Youth Leader Program providing mentoring for high school juniors and seniors serving more than 600 students in 10 Massachusetts locations.
He has worked directly with Boston area at-risk teens as a "Workplace Interviewer" preparing them to enter the workforce; recorded audio textbooks for the blind; mentored a homeless youth from the Ivory Coast for seven years; and, has supported two boys from South America studying at Saint Mary's College of MD.
Mike also serves as Transportation Chairman of the annual Wolfeboro Home & Garden Benefit for the Visitors Nurses Association and Hospice House Tours and an active board member of the Kingswood Golf & Country Club in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire where he has a summer home.
His philanthropy has touched many - from what has been previously noted to the donation of significant funds, equipment and property to youth programs and his alma maters and/or alumni organizations at Sidney Central High School and Colgate University.
Mike is the consummate role model, both for his achievements, the manner in which he achieved his success and how he lives his life - mentoring and "giving back" in so many ways.