Mike McCarthy is Vice President of Design Communications Ltd (DCL), an internationally recognized custom manufacturer of architectural specialty products with locations in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Austin, and Orlando. DCL’s clients are designers and developers involved in large scale new construction and renovations of sports stadiums, theme parks, shopping malls, movie theaters, hospitals, universities and a variety of other projects. Mike has been involved with thousands of projects over his 25 year career with DCL. This includes work for Walt Disney World, SoFi Stadium, TD Garden, Madison Square Garden, Gillette Stadium, Netflix, Linked In, Amazon, Facebook, Coca-Cola, Hasbro, Logan Airport and many others. Mike graduated from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in 1999. He double majored in Visual Art and Mechanical Engineering. At UMass, he was four year member of the varsity football team, and a member of the UMD American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He is also on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of SEGD, the Society of Experiential Graphic Design. SEGD is a global, multidisciplinary community of professionals who plan, design, and build experiences that connect people to place. It includes graphic, information, media, interaction, exhibition and industrial designers, fabricators, architects, technology integrators, brand strategists, students, wayfinding specialists, teachers, and others who have a hand in shaping content-rich, experiential spaces. Locally, he serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, a group of business leaders who consult with and advise legislators in the Commonwealth with regards to challenges facing the statewide economy and competitive issues. This year, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healy appointed Mike through the MBR to the Massachusetts STEM Advisory Council, where he works with the Secretary of Education to promote STEM (and STEAM) concepts to students throughout the Commonwealth.