Prior to co-founding Permanent Capital Ventures, Mike had a 20+ year career as an operator and investor. Most recently, Mike served as CEO of Evozyne, an AI biotechnology company that aims to create novel proteins to solve long-standing challenges in therapeutics and sustainability. Prior to Evozyne, Mike was CEO of Relativity, a legal technology company backed by Silver Lake and ICONIQ. Prior to Relativity, Mike spent 11 years on the executive team at LinkedIn leading the global sales team of more than 5,000 people driving more than $5 billion in revenue through the $26 billion exit to Microsoft. 

As an angel investor, Mike has advised and worked with 100+ companies over the last 20 years. Mike is on the board of three non-profits: One-Goal, P33, and Green Schoolyards America. In 2019, he received the Entrepreneurial Champion Award from 1871 and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center. 

Mike holds an undergraduate degree in Comparative Religions and Fine Arts from Amherst College. Before jumping into Corporate America Mike spent a year running a surf lodge in Costa Rica. He currently resides in Chicago with his wife and three children.