Mike has been in the change acceleration business for more than 30 years, holding key change agent positions in several Fortune 100 companies prior to joining Leap Technologies as a Founding Partner in 1998. He has extensive experience in process improvement, change management and training.Prior to joining Leap, Mike implemented Leap's first-generation Action Workout™ Team Process across Waste Management as part of its global process improvement initiative, producing savings in excess of $100 million and engaging more than 10,000 employees in 12 countries along the way.For the past 14 years, Mike has been helping other organizations deploy Leap’s full suite of Fast-Change Tools. Building on his practical experience as a deployment champion, Mike has successfully installed the Rapid Action Tools in a number of organizations ranging from banks and hospitals to manufacturing and specialty chemical companies. Mike heads up development and delivery of Leap's Coach Certification Workshops for building internal client capability to drive faster improvement. In this role, Mike oversees the training and certification of Fast-Change Coaches. In addition, he is responsible for executing ongoing enhancements to the Rapid Improvement suite of toolkits. Mike is a senior resource for leading Rapid Improvement Campaigns including the facilitation of Leadership Jumpstart Events and Breakthrough Workshops. Mike received his M. Ed in Career and Technology Education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. He takes his role as a coaches' coach very seriously, even when he's at the ballpark, where he coached youth baseball for over 20 years. Recently, Mike laced up his cleats after a 30 year break from playing baseball and attended a Los Angeles Dodger’s Adult Baseball Camp where he got a base hit off of former Yankee and Cy Young Award Winner Ron Guidry in the camper / player baseball game.

Waste Management is North America's leading provider of integrated environmental solutions. We partner with our customers and communities to manage and reduce waste from collection to disposal while recovering valuable resources and creating clean, renewable energy. We are on a quest for environmental performance, a mission to maximize resource value, while minimizing – and even eliminating – environmental impact so that both our economy and our environment can thrive.

Waste Management tailors its services to meet the needs of each customer group and to ensure consistent, superior service at the local level. Headquartered in Houston, the company serves nearly 20 million municipal, commercial, industrial, and residential customers through a network of 367 collection operations, 355 transfer stations, 273 active landfill disposal sites, 16 waste-to-energy plants, 104 recycling plants, and 111 beneficial-use landfill gas projects.

Held several positions with Digital in sales, management and training over a seven-year period. Responsibilities included selling Digital services and managing a "full-service" training department.Led Corporate Administration's Quality Education effort. Developed an organization-wide quality education strategy and implementation plan.