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Early Life
Mike was born in in Rome, NY to (insert parents' names). What did his parents do, and where did they live.



Education
Mike holds a BS in Industrial Distribution (1985) from Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY.

Career
Early in his career, Mike served as Director of Business Development and Eastern Operations with DDI, the fastest growing and most profitable quick-turn contract manufacturer of its time. He has also held senior roles at Cuplex, Inc., Aero DDL, and Rogers Corporation. At Cuplex, after a very successful tenure as VP Sales - East, he proposed and established the contract assembly and backplane/system assembly business. This diversification ultimately allowed Cuplex to strategically merge with Dynamic Circuits. This set the stage for a successful roll-up with several other entities creating DDI, a fast growing and profitable contract manufacturer. After spotting what proved to be the imminent down turn in the electronics industry as a whole and in conjunction with DDI’s successful public offering, Mike then joined Message Secure Corp in Lowell Massachusetts as Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing and a principle of the firm.

Mike served as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Message Secure Corporation, a managed security services and compliance assurance provider for regulated banks and credit unions across the US, where he transitioned the company from a startup with less than 20 clients to a growth stage company that was acquired by Perimeter Inter-networking in 2007.

Since 2006, Mike has served as a managing member of North Bay Technology Development, LLC. This group assists entrepreneurial firms who have a significant intellectual property and expertise looking to leverage the substantial resources of Northern New York State and Saint Lawrence County secure early stage investment through Seaway Private Equity Corporation of Potsdam, New York, (www.specinvest.org).

Mike is the founder and CEO of SpiceCSM located in Potsdam, NY and Northborough, MA. In 2008, he led the acquisition of assets from the Nicholville Telephone Company. His vision was to create a premier technical support and IT services business process outsourcer (BPO) leveraging superior cloud-based technologies. This led to the commercialization of SpiceCSM, an internally developed cloud-based customer service management platform as well as the integration of other leading cloud applications.

SpiceCSM LLC is a rapidly growing contact center solution owned by Fused Solutions and Seaway Private Equity. More recently, Fused Solutions acquired the technical support and managed IT services assets of another BPO, adding scale and proficiency to round out the offering.



Personal
Mike is married and the proud father of three children.



Philanthropy
Mike has been an Assistant Scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America since 2011. In addition, he volunteers weekly to pick up food from a local venue and transport it to the local Food Bank (replace this with better details and more info about local philanthropy). Mike is also active with the Knights of Columbus.

Mike's companies, Spice CSM and Fused Solutions, currently and/or historically support the Canton Potsdam Hospital Center for Cancer Care, Meals on Wheels, Christmas Holiday Fund, and junior softball in Potsdam, NY,

In 1995, he received the Woodstock Award which honors young alumni who have demonstrated outstanding loyalty and service to Clarkson University and the Alumni Association, and who have used their Clarkson experience to make a notable contribution to their careers. Mike has been active with the Clarkson Industrial Distribution Society, the Clarkson Fund, Clarkson Alumni Association, and has served as Reunion Fund Chairman.

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