Michael is the CMO at Engine Ventures where he leads marketing efforts and supports portfolio companies with marketing and go-to-market strategy.
Most recently, Michael served as VP, Marketing for Markforged (NYSE: MKFG), the world’s largest connected industrial 3D printing platform, where he led all marketing during the company’s public listing. Before, he was at Sonos (NASDAQ: SONO) for 5 years as Global Director of Product Marketing where he led strategy and launched the company’s all-time, best-selling Sonos One speaker. As an undergraduate at Harvard in 1999, he founded the company MediaUnbound which pioneered the field of human+computer AI music recommendations. After serving as CEO for 10 years, he sold MediaUnbound to Tivo (NASDAQ: TIVO) in 2010, where he then worked as the Director of Strategy, Innovation & Architecture.
Michael holds a joint BA in Astrophysics & Philosophy from Harvard and sits on the board of Harvard’s student-run radio station WHRB 95.3 FM.