Michael started his career in 1985 as a financial analyst for IBM. After several different roles in finance, he moved over to IBM Credit Corporation in 1990. He held management positions in sales, finance and risk management before joining GE in 1994 as Vice President of Risk Management for GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). After spending five years in various leadership roles, he was named Senior Vice President and General Manager, North America for GECAS in 1999, where his team was responsible for providing aircraft leases and loans to the aviation industry for the US and Canada. During the eight years in this role, he helped GECAS become the leading financing company to the aviation industry, and grew its net income 500%. Michael assumed his current position in December 2006, and was also named an Officer of the GE Company at the same time.
Michael serves on the Advisory Board for Sodexo Corporation (Paris: SW.PA) and the Board of Directors for the Norwalk Community College Foundation. In addition, he sits on the Advisory Council for the Johnson School at Cornell University and co-chairs the Diversity Council for Asia Society. Michael was named as one of the nation’s top sales and customer relationship individuals in the book “Secrets of Great Rainmakers” by best-selling author Jeffrey Fox, and he was awarded “Dealmaker of the Year” in 2008 by the New York based organization, The Executive Council. In addition, he received the Distinguished Service Award at the 2010 Commencement for Norwalk Community College.
Michael received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1983 and an MBA in finance from the Johnson School at Cornell University in 1985.


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