Mike brings thirty years of experience in high-tech sales to eRelevance, in large corporate environments and start-ups.

Most recently, Mike was with IBM as their vice president of North America for platform computing, leading a $160 million high-performance computing sales organization. Previously, he held executive sales leadership positions with increasing success at Cadnetix, Synopsys, Hire.com, Mentor Graphics, ViaMetric and WhiteGlove Health, where he was brought onboard to drive worldwide sales success. At WhiteGlove, Mike increased sales from zero to $20 million in four years.

As vice president of Americas for Mentor Graphics, he headed direct and channel sales targeted at the semiconductor, consumer electronics, computer and aerospace industries. And at Hire.com, Mike drove revenue from zero to $7.3 million while pioneering a new on-demand software model.  He was a member of the President’s Club for twelve consecutive years at Synopsys and Cadnetix.

Mike received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and he earned his BS in civil engineering from the University of Texas Austin.