Mike is currently the VP for Technology and Innovation at ORU, where he has served for the past 7 years. Mike has over 24 years of experience as a senior-level IT executive bringing creative solutions that value the end-users of education, technology, and business process management. These solutions have benefited the end-users of higher education, manufacturing, and high technology company products. Mike spent 12-years working at Cray Research where he trained hundreds of supercomputer engineers across major industry sectors.

Mike has held positions as a VP of Innovation, Chief Information Officer, General Manager of CIOs, Chief Strategist for Innovation, Business Development Officer, Trainer, Teacher, and Vice President of Academic Services for leading corporations and higher education. Mike has been a CIO within higher education and corporate training for over 19 years. Mike has spoken in ten different countries during the past five years to educate governments and leaders on educational modalities.

Mike is the author of three books and hundreds of articles on theology, education, and technology that is shifting the worldview for everyone.

Mike was named 2021 Leading Education Technologist by Chief Information Officer Reviews, 2020 Top 20 Business Leaders by Industry Wired, 2019 Top Ten Innovators by Industry ERA, one of America’s Top 30 Education innovators in 2017, and a 2018 CIO 100 Award Winner.