Mike spearheads all of the firm's advisory business practices, leading a team of professionals that has completed over 120 transactions ranging from minority sales to complete buyouts. Clients served include many middle market businesses as well as Fortune 500 companies such as GE Capital and Deluxe Corporation.

Mike is recognized by Collection Advisor, a leading trade publication, as one of the “Most Influential Industry Professionals” for the past two years, and has been a finalist for “Investment Banker Dealmaker of the Year” by the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), National Capital chapter.

He serves as an expert witness, and is frequently interviewed as an industry expert by the trade, financial, and consumer media, including NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, The Washington Post, BusinessWeek, and The Wall Street Journal.

Mike has been a keynote speaker at association meetings and conventions on industry issues such as "The State of the Industry" and "Selling Your Agency in Today’s Market." He is a member of the board of the Institute of Merger and Acquisition Professionals (IMAP), a member of ACG, and a member of the American Collectors Association (ACA). He sits on the advisory boards of several industry associations and publications.