Mike is a co-founder of Elluminate and is responsible for the company's technology vision and implementation. He leads teams that have created the Elluminate Live! software, including Elluminate's proprietary Collaborative Communication Framework and Elluminate's virtual room management systems and website.

Mike has a long history of successfully leading technically challenging, large-scale software projects. Prior to Elluminate, Mike was a founding member and the Chief Technology Officer of EraSoft Technologies. He was responsible for the conception and development of the product line that was acquired by Nasdaq listed ViaSoft and quickly became the industry-leading product in its class. As Director of OnMark Development within ViaSoft, he led software teams whose products won numerous awards, including the coveted Windows "Winlist", and PC World's "Best Buy". Mike holds a BSc. in Computer Science from Dalhousie University.