Michael is a serial technology entrepreneur and digital media executive based in New York City. Prior to founding AdNode, Michael was the founder of Market Realist, an independent investment research website reaching 2.7 million monthly users. Michael led the organization to achieve a $3 million revenue run-rate in digital advertising, with a consistent 90% growth rate in the three-year period ending in 2017. Michael built a successful 85-person organization and raised $14 million in venture capital prior to selling his equity stake to pursue new opportunities related to blockchain and digital marketing.

Prior to Market Realist, Michael was the Head of Business Development at Seeking Alpha, a leading website for investment opinion. At Seeking Alpha, Michael negotiated and launched partnerships with the world’s largest internet companies to grow the firm’s partner traffic. In his younger years, Mike was the founder and CEO of 15-person technology start-up in the financial media subscription industry that he started in a college dorm room in 2007 and exited in 2009. He is also the inventor of a patent application for a business model on revenue sharing for online publishers. Mike has a B.S. from Boston University School of Management, with a concentration in finance.