Partner, Venture Fund

Michael joined EdgeStone in January 2003. Prior to joining EdgeStone, Michael worked at Goodmans LLP where he built-out and managed the Ventures Group, a division of the firm dedicated to investing in and working with early stage technology companies. Under Michael’s guidance, the investments made by the Ventures Group generated significant positive returns for the investors. Previously he worked at Griffiths McBurney & Partners (now GMP Securities L.P.) in the Corporate Finance department where he worked on a number of equity financings for technology, communications and media companies.

Michael serves on the Board of Directors of Protus IP Solutions (Chairman), Overlay TV, Maximum Throughput, MusicIP and pVelocity. He is also an observer on the Board of Directors of RedMere and Shoplogix. Past EdgeStone portfolio companies with which Michael was involved include Datawire Communication Networks (sold to First Data Corporation – NYSE:FDC), Decision Dynamics (TSX-V:DDY), RSS Solutions (sold to Visiprise), SlipStream Data (sold to Research in Motion – Nasdaq:RIMM) and Workbrain (TSX:WB). Michael holds both M.B.A. and L.L.B. degrees from the University of Toronto and a B.A. (Economics) from the University of Western Ontario.