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Biography

Mike is a Venture Advisor at Cerity Partners Ventures. 

As an advisor, Mike brings extensive experience in venture investing, financial leadership, and operational execution. Mike worked as a corporate venture investor for 14 years at Intel Capital, where he led the global consumer investment practice. In addition to being an advisor at Cerity Partners, Mike is also Chief Financial Officer at Soli Organic, an innovative venture-backed produce company seeking to transform agriculture through unlocking the efficiency and sustainability of indoor growing. Prior to Soli, Mike was an executive leader at Postmates, as SVP of Business, and Nike, as CFO Nike Direct. 

Education

  • BA in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University
  • General Management Program at Harvard Business School

Highlights

  • Invested over $300 million in approximately 50 companies while at Intel Capital, driving strategic impact through successful exits, including five IPOs and numerous acquisitions by companies such as Comcast, Hitachi, Intel, and Naspers.
  • Key member of Postmates’ executive leadership team during high growth period and acquisition by Uber for $2.7B.
  • Led, as CFO of Nike Direct (digital commerce, stores and experiences), the acceleration of direct-to-consumer as Nike’s primary growth engine delivering $12B in 2019 sales.
  • Board member of Betaworks, an innovative New York City-based start-up studio.

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