Michael is the CEO of GatherUp, the reputation management and customer feedback platform working with tens of thousands of local businesses globally.

He grew up in a family of local business entrepreneurs and operators which is why he is passionate about GatherUp's mission to help honest local businesses win in search.

Michael also leads The Transparency Company and it's effort to build the authenticity layer that's making verified reputation a competitive advantage in agentic commerce.

Before GatherUp, he was an Operating Executive at Alpine Investors, General Manager at EverTrue, and earned his MBA from Stanford.