Mike is Director of Emerging Platforms for Google, overseeing US business operations forMobile Ads, TV & Video Ads, Local Ads, Online Audio Ads, and Commerce. He joined Google in January 2007 as Director of Google TV Ads.
Before coming to Google, Mike was the General Manager of Strategic Ventures at NBC Universal. While at NBCU, he co-founded and led NBBC (a marketplace for digital video syndication, which is now part of hulu.com) and NBC Weather Plus, the first all-digital broadcast television network. In 2004, NBC Weather Plus received the GE Imagination Breakthrough award. Mike was Co-chair of the NBC Affiliates Futures Committee and previously served as vice president in the Business Development group, which closed over $20 billion in mergers and acquisitions.
In 2000, Mike worked on launching new media businesses for Walker Digital, LLC. He spent the two prior years as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. He is a named inventor of three digital media patents.
Mike was honored as one of Crain’s New York 40 Under 40 professionals in 2008. He was also recognized as one of TV Week’s 2008 “Twelve to Watch”, was selected for the Multichannel News “40 Under 40” list in 2007, and was chosen for TV Week's “Hot List” in 2006.
Mike serves as Chairperson of the Board of Career Gear, a national nonprofit that helps men transition from public assistance to work, and is a member of the Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and today lives in Manhattan with his awesome wife, Kemp, and their little boy.
