Michael has been a leading player in the growth of interactive entertainment for more than 15 years. He was most recently CEO of Buffalo Studios, which was sold to Caesars Interactive in 2012. In 2000, Michael was a founding executive and CFO of JAMDAT Mobile, leading JAMDAT’s highly successful IPO in 2005, and its acquisition by Electronic Arts in 2006.
From 2006 to 2011, he led multiple platform and business model transitions at EA as SVP and GM for mobile, Pogo, and social games. Michael began his career on Wall Street as a corporate lawyer at Cahill, Gordon & Reindel and then as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch.