Michael is a Global Ambassador located in the Eastern U.S. specializing in corporate development. Michael blends three distinct pools of knowledge – high-level strategy advice, practical investment banking transaction skill and industry specific knowledge to buy or build value-creation platforms in global high-growth markets in the entertainment, media and telecom industries.
Michael was most recently the VP of Corporate Development for ClearWave/TIW, a $1.2B multinational company based in Prague with responsibility for spearheading strategic partnerships to obtain licenses and develop new markets in the mobile tele-communications industry across Europe, Asia and Latin America. As VP of Business Development at Metromedia International, Michael was responsible for acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint venture formations in broadcast TV, wired and wireless cable TV, FM radio, telephony and converging media. Michael successfully concluded 55 joint ventures in 16 different countries with Metromedia. As Director of Finance and Corporate Operations for StoryFirst Communications, Michael developed business operations for two national broadcast TV networks and seven radio stations in the Former Soviet Union that were later sold to News Corporation.
Michael began his international career in the Middle East/Africa as the Director of Planning for a consumer goods/advertising holding company based in Dubai, U.A.E. Michael has an M.B.A. from Thunderbird — The Garvin School of International Management, a B.A. from DePaul University and was a member of the Strategic Air Command/USMC. Michael and his wife reside in Woodbridge, Connecticut where they are avid sailors.