Michael established Information Media Partners in 2006 as a strategic advisory partner to private equity firms, information and education publishers, and other content-related businesses seeking expertise in business development, investment strategy and digital transformation.
Since 2006, he has also helped define and launch several start-up businesses. At Mywire.com, he was Entrepreneur-in-Residence & Founder, launching a business-to-consumer news and information service. At SharedBook, he served as Chief Revenue Officer for the launch of AcademicPub.com.
From 1999–2006, Michael was President of information and publishing services provider R.R. Bowker, where he led the transformation of the business from print to digital and expanded its revenue base with five key acquisitions over a two-year span. During his tenure, revenues grew 25% and operating margin increased from break-even to 16%.
Prior to Bowker, Michael was a consultant in the Entertainment and Media Practice at Price Waterhouse Coopers, providing consulting services to media clients including Thomson Learning (Cengage), Simon & Schuster, Interpublic Group, Turner Broadcasting, Ogilvy & Mather, Bertelsmann and others.
He has also managed several other publishing businesses, including a trade book publishing unit and a direct-mail business unit of Berlitz International. At Macmillan, Inc., he was on the executive staff responsible for financial analysis, budgets, planning and corporate development. He began his book publishing career as the book buyer at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston — that is, if you don't count selling the Melbourne Herald as a newsboy in Melbourne, Australia, at age 14.
Michael holds an MBA in Finance from Georgetown University and a BA from Boston University.
