Co-Founder & CEO
Michael is the co-inventor of Abstract, a consumer crypto blockchain focused on mass market consumer adoption.
Helped incubate and launch the ZKsync protocol (ZK), a cutting-edge zero-knowledge technology designed to scale Ethereum to millions of developers — valued at $6.5 billion.
Led the Activision Blizzard community of over 400 million players across 190 countries, where Call of Duty, Overwatch, World of WarCraft, Diablo, Candy Crush, Hearthstone, and StarCraft were constantly shaping and moving culture.
Took Pivotal Software (Kubernetes) through a successful IPO, as well as worked for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) — clients included Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson Sr., and Hillary Clinton — and created television properties for ABC, Comedy Central and Showtime.