Experience C-level executive with significant experience from seed stage up thru $50 million in revenue. Skills include strategic formation and alignment, recruiting, fundraising and M&A. Experience includes, software, information security, ecommerce and adtech. Also Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School.

GalleryPlayer/VP of Content Acquisition & Creative Development. Grand Image (Art Publisher)/VP of Strategic Development (POD). Corbis/Director of Creative Merchandising. Relationships with museums worldwide; 100+ content licensing deals with museums &content owners.

30 years in the art publishing industry, including 26 years at Bruce McGaw Graphics. Positions have included Director of Purchasing and Acquisitions, Director of Licensing, and Director of Museums and Special Markets (domestic and international sales to museums and the décor market). BA, History, Queen’s University at Kingston.

11 years at Corbis in roles spanning content sourcing, product management and business development . Director of consumer/emerging markets including mobile, print on demand, and community content development (crowdsourcing). BA, Art History, Santa Clara University & MA, Art History, University of Texas, at Austin.

Vice chair, Alliance of Angels (Seattle); active investor and entrepreneur.

Over six years of private equity experience (The Jordan Company, Alliance Consumer Growth) in China & the US / Advisor to multiple NYC-based startups / MBA, Columbia / Fluent in Mandarin Chinese

CFA charterholder and Columbia MBA with significant experience in market research, digital marketing, and technology solutions. Prior to Columbia Michael spent 5 years at BlackRock and 2 years at a leading market research agency.