An accomplished Media & Tech Investment Banker with over 25 years experience in the digital media, gaming Internet, FinTech and tech field.Michael is a Managing Partner at Drake Star Partners and provides M&A and financing advisory services to Internet, media, entertainment and technology companies. Previously, Michael was a senior banker at Houlihan Lokey's TMT group, a Principal at MESA Global, a Co-Founder and Principal at Covert & Co, and held senior management and engineering positions at AT&T, IBM and Mindspeed.He holds 5 patents in the field of Communications and also serves as the Chair and Board Director of the German American Business Association (GABA), Southern California. Michael received an MSEE from the University of Ulm, Germany and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.Michael received the 40 under 40 award by the M&A Advisors in 2011.Specialties: Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Private Placement, Capital Raises, Corporate Development, Financing, Cross-Border M&A,Venture CapitalDigital Media, Consumer Internet, Mobile Gaming, PC / Console Gaming, Mobile Apps, Digital Music, FinTech, InsurTech, Mobile Entertainment, Audio, Streaming Music, Video, eCommerce.
Listed skills include Strategy, Mobile Devices, Corporate Development, Venture Capital, and 46 others.