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Mike has over twenty years of management and operations experience and regularly assists growth-oriented companies in creating strategic business plans. His areas of expertise include marketing, merchandising, organizational structure and operational planning. Since joining Mackinac Partners,, Mike has been instrumental in assisting a growth-oriented steel fabrication company in the private placement of debt and equity to fund its future growth. He has also completed an operational assessment and developed a strategic plan for a start up, back-office support enterprise that is launching a new business concept. Prior to joining Mackinac Partners, Mike was the Chief Operating Officer of Pazzaz, LLC, a franchise development company specializing in small space retail expansion across a variety of popular brands. In this leadership role, Mike developed the operating infrastructure for a pizza franchise company that spanned three Midwestern states. Mike was instrumental in developing the Company�s business plan and in raising $5.7 million in growth capital. Pazzaz is a Mackinac Partners portfolio company. Mike previously operated his own retail specialty consulting business, providing marketing and sales strategy assistance to various industry segments. In this capacity, Mike became President of a start-up office products distribution company where he developed and implemented strategic plans that doubled the Company�s existing revenue targets and solidified its future revenue and earnings growth.Preceding Mike�s consulting and advisory roles, he was the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Merchandising for Office Depot. Responsible for $4.0 billion in annual revenues, Mike managed all aspects of the Company�s marketing and merchandising functions. Mike began his career in 1986 with Office Depot as part of Office Club, a San Francisco based start-up office products company that was acquired by Office Depot in 1991. Mike is a graduate of Xavier University and Babson College�s Executive Retail Training Program. | 