Michael is the CEO of Mobile Roadie (mobileroadie.com), the leading platform for quick and inexpensive deployment of mobile apps. In just a few minutes, anyone can quickly deploy an iPhone, Android, or Blackberry app and sell music, tickets to shows, merch, and connect intimately with their fans. Customers include Warner, Universal, Sony, EMI, Live Nation, Random House, and Harper Collins. Partners include Topspin Media, Ustream, Six Apart, Brightcove, Fan Bridge, and Artistdata.

Mobile apps are quickly becoming a required part of any marketing campaign and direct-to-fan relationship, and Mobile Roadie is poised to become the worldwide standard.

Michael attended USC's Marshall School of Business and the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He's been the recipient of numerous awards including the SBA's "Young Entrepreneur of the Year," Business Week's "Best Entrepreneurs under 25," and "Top 20 in their 20s" by the Los Angeles Business Journal.