Michael is based in the San Jose office of StCCG. Michael specializes in helping corporate clients address needs around Strategy Development, Conflict Resolution & Team Development.

Michael was a Director at Workpath Group for 3 years prior to the merger with StCCG.

Prior to that, Michael was a Vice President of Organizational Consulting with Right Management Consultants. Michael was also the Principal and Founder of Pacific Performance Alliance, an organization comprised of independent consultants and Stanford University Engineering professors focused on developing high performing management teams. Michael began his consulting career as an instructor and business development manager for the corporate training programs at Outward Bound, where he worked delivering experiential leadership development curriculums for such clients as Coca-Cola, Home Depot, and Cox Enterprises.

Most recently Michael has consulted to key executives at Cypress Semiconductor, Symantec, Barclays Global Investors, Citibank, Hewlett Packard, Autodesk, Seagate, Technologies, Assante, & Union College. He has facilitated multinational executive teams through the process of making strategic choices to enhance their products and services, built and delivered mentoring and team development programs and assisted globally dispersed teams in conflict. A sample of engagements:

• In high tech he has facilitated a national sales team through the process of gaining alignment on mission, metrics and strategic choices for both mature and growth stage products.

• In high tech he helped a contract negotiations team to resolve deep personal issues around trust and cooperation so to be able to effectively assist the closing of multi-million dollar sales opportunities.

• Within the sports entertainment arena he facilitated the initial merger and agreements process of the 25 largest independently owned sport agency & entertainment business services firms in the U.S. & Canada.

• Within academia he helped faculty to dissolve the second oldest civil engineering program in the country and helped frame the case for re-directing scare resources to a new curriculum design and major.

Michael’s operational experience comes from his first career as a Production Manager for Bill Cosby and Carsey Werner Productions and later for NBC Sports and Turner Broadcasting, where he managed the budgets and logistics for such events as the NBA Championships, World Cup Soccer, and The Olympic Games.

Michael is certified in multiple 360 instruments and the Birkman Method for coaching and development. Michael is co-President of the Northern California Chapter of the Association for Strategic Planning and is a volunteer with Junior Achievement. He has an M.B.A. with a focus on strategic leadership from Dominican University and earned a Bachelor’s with a concentration in Business Administration from Temple University in Philadelphia.