Mike has been working in Nashville with music labels and publishing companies since 1997, serving 7 years with Capitol CMG, 5 years with Provident Label Group, 12.5 years with Integrity Music, two years with Hillsong Music Publishing and joined Bell Partners in June of 2023 - heading up Bell Publishing and The Kennel US. Mike has had the honor of working with GRAMMY, Dove Award and Stellar Award-winning artists and songwriters like Hillsong UNITED, Leeland, Kari Jobe, All Sons & Daughters, Boy In Space, Benjamin William Hastings, Matt Redman, Mitch Wong, Lincoln Brewster, Israel & New Breed, Dwan Hill, Joshua Silverberg, Paul Baloche, William McDowell and many more. Prior to his time with labels, Mike paid his "roadie" dues for a couple of years, touring with 4-Him and with Geoff Moore & The Distance.When not listening to songs or connecting songwriters with one another, Mike - and his lovely wife, Melissa - can be found traveling somewhere extremely intriguing or hiking/biking/kayaking someplace mildly dangerous.