Hi, I'm Mike. I like to build and invest

I've lived all over — Delaware, Maryland, Tennessee, Cape Town, Boston, New York, Atlanta, and Pittsburgh. Home base now is the East Coast, between NYC and Pittsburgh.

Ambush Capital · 2022–present Angel checks with Joe Lallouz, Aaron Henshaw, and Carly Strife. Sometimes we incubate.

.XYZ Group · 2023–2025 Took a break from operating to do sweat-equity investing with early crypto founders.

Coinbase · 2021–2023 Led business ops and strategy for Coinbase Cloud (formerly Bison Trails) — the developer platform for custody, payments, and trading.

Bison Trails (acq. Coinbase) · 2019–2021 First BD hire, then Chief of Staff. Helped lead the Coinbase acquisition. $30B+ staked across 25+ protocols by late 2021.

Cambridge Associates · 2016–2019 Investment management for institutional clients. Co-created the firm's Digital Asset Investing Team.

Economics at Vanderbilt — development econ focus, finance minor.

I like to be outdoors as much as possible — happiest near, in, or under water.