Mike is a founding Principal and Senior Attorney of Exequity. Prior to co-founding Exequity in 2006, Mike was a Principal and Member of Hewitt's Leadership Group. Mike co-managed Hewitt Associates' Executive Compensation Center of Technical Expertise, which has global responsibility for technical areas impacting executive compensation and corporate restructurings.

Mike has worked with hundreds of companies and has extensive experience in all areas of executive and director compensation, including all forms of long-term incentives (i.e., stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, performance units/shares, and phantom stock), executive supplemental retirement and deferral plans and related funding mechanisms, change-in-control and general severance programs, employment contracts, and retention plans.

Mike specializes in technical issues related to executive compensation (e.g., tax, accounting, and securities regulations) and on compensation issues related to corporate restructurings, including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, spin-offs, divestitures, and turnarounds/bankruptcies.

Some of the organizations with whom Mike has recently worked include: American Transmission Company, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Duke Energy Corporation, Eastman Chemical Company, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., Nalco Holding Company, USG Corporation, and Verizon Communications.

Mike received a J.D. (with honors) from IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law and holds a B.A. degree in economics from Knox College. Mike is a member of the Illinois Bar.