Mike is an Australian entrepreneur with 25 years of experience. Mike co-founded the human resource technology company, Acendre Pty Ltd (now HireRoad), in 1997. Acendre pioneered using the internet as a means of delivering enterprise 'software-as-a-service’ to Australian organisations. Acendre was the first company to release an online resume builder and online applicant tracking system software to the Australian market.Over the following 20 years, Mike relocated to the USA and built Acendre into a leading global SaaS company. He steadily increased the Acendre ‘Total Available Market’ by extending the product suite from online recruitment into a full talent management offering and secured a foothold in the US Federal market. Mike managed a successful exit for Acendre shareholders in late 2018.Mike is an entrepreneur with a passion for the customer, and a passion for how cloud based technology can be leveraged to solve problems and improve people's lives. With the experience of growing a technology company from an idea to an organisation operating across 3 continents with 150 people, Mike understands what it takes to scale a technology company and how critical people, culture and engagement are to achieving successful outcomes.Specialties: People Culture and Engagement, Innovation, SaaS Strategy and Execution, Global Growth, External Funding, Acquisitions.