Michael’s entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen have enabled him to put his mark on Chicago’s real estate capital markets industry with significant transactions and material contributions to the firms for which he has worked and started. Michael’s expertise in real estate and corporate finance, enables him to structure creative solutions so that his clients can make decisions that enhance their fiscal position. He has experience in a broad base of real estate disciplines including financing, development, brokerage, asset repositioning, and investment banking.

Most recently Michael was CEO of Lift Capital, a Chicago real estate development platform. Previously, Michael was the founding partner of Patriot Capital Advisors, a boutique real estate capital markets/investment bank headquartered in Chicago. He has also worked for Credit Suisse First Boston Realty Corp and Donaldson, Lufkin, Jenrette (DLJ) where he was in the Investment Banking Division, Savills Studley, a London based global real estate services firm, and The John Buck Company, where he was the leasing agent for the Sears (now Willis) Tower. In his 30-year career Michael has closed transactions valued in excess of $5 billion in markets across North America.

Michael earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, where he lettered in football for two years.