Mike joined ATA Ventures in 2006 as a Venture Partner, after having built a reputation as a successful CEO and interim CEO. Mike is credited with several successful turn-around efforts, including Tellium, a Telecom Networking company that began as a technology spinout from Bellcore in 1997 (Tellium completed a public offering of $1.5B in 2001). Furthermore, Mike filled CEO or iCEO roles at a variety of venture-backed technology start-ups, including Cygnet Systems, Biometric Imaging, SkyStream, NanoGram, Bandwidth9, Onetta, Silvan Networks, and MEMX.

Prior to his startup success, Mike’s career from direct operating roles through division president at Spectra-Physics during which time the company grew to a $300M revenue NYSE public company. His more notable positions at Spectra-Physics included Division President Barcode Laser Scanning and Division President Autolab Instrumentation Division.

Mike provides expert support to the ATA Venture’s comprehensive portfolio of companies, as well as seeking new investments for the firm’s current and future funds. He currently serves as a Director on the Boards of TeleCIS Wireless, PixSense and Red Condor. Mike graduated from U.C. Berkeley, receiving BSEE and MSEE degrees.

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