Michael was Chief Engineer of Harvard University's radio station (WHRB-FM) when he took a leave of absence to co-found MediaUnbound in 2000. As CEO, Michael leads the company's sales and marketing divisions and helps coordinate the melding of computer engineering and human music analysis which drives MediaUnbound's technology. Michael has been invited to speak on and moderate numerous industry panels in the US and around the world. He has testified in front of the U.S. Copyright Office on issues regarding webcasting and digital music. Michael serves as the Special Adviser to the Taskforce on Recordkeeping in Noncommercial Webcasting and acts in a pro-bono capacity as policy and technology adviser for WHRB. After returning to school, he graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Astrophysics and Philosophy. At the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, his research focus was on supercomputer simulations of large-scale structure evolution in the universe. |