Mike loves innovation, entrepreneurs, and learning! He combined all three into Pitch-a-Kid to help entrepreneurs refine their pitches and help kids develop critical thinking skills by evaluating pitches. He founded Pitch-a-Kid with his daughter, Audrey, to connect kids to entrepreneurs. Through this simple interaction, he believes both the entrepreneurs and kids will learn from one another. And maybe will inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs in the process.

As the Executive Director of Innovation and Commercialization at Seton Healthcare Family, Mike leads the capture, analysis, and commercialization of Seton innovations from associates, customers and the market alike. He routinely collaborates with intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs, and the startup community to pilot and evaluate new technology aligning with an overall strategy and customer/market needs to solve pressing healthcare problems. Through human-centered design and innovation challenges, Mike gains valuable customer insights driving new concepts, products, and services.

Mike has an MBA from Western Illinois University and a BS in Marketing from Illinois State University