Mike is chief executive officer, managing member and founder of 2nd Generation Capital, LLC, a merchant-banking firm active as an investment principal, placement agent, and advisor. 2nd Generation participates in private offerings both as an investment principal (together with its own principals, clients and associates) and as a placement agent. Among other services, 2nd Generation provides assistance in locating, evaluating and negotiating financing alternatives; fairness opinions and other business valuations; acquisition and merger transactions; general business consulting; expert witness and alternative dispute resolution; and industry and specific company investment analysis.



Mike is experienced in starting new businesses, developing and implementing their strategic and operating plans, and in obtaining necessary financing. He is a frequent speaker and author on current business and financing issues, healthcare industry investment and trends, corporate governance, negotiation, and litigation consulting and expert witness services.



Mike is an active investor. He has been engaged in the merchant banking and venture capital industries as a principal and senior executive for the majority of his business career. Mike is also managing partner of several venture investment partnerships affiliated with 2nd Generation. His investment experience spans many different industries including healthcare services, biotechnology, insurance, financial and business services, aerospace and defense, distribution, manufacturing and publishing.



Mike has served on numerous corporate boards and chaired executive, compensation, audit and other key committees. Among other boards, he is a member and past Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC, a clinical research organization and medical diagnostics company, and also Chairman and member of the Executive Committee of the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation, a public charity. He is a member of KraftCPAs, an affiliate of and minority investor in 2nd Generation.



An honors graduate of the University of Tennessee, Mike also participates in continuing education programs, meeting or exceeding the requirements for his various professional certifications. He is a CPA and has the specialty designation Accredited in Business Valuations.



Mike's professional and community affiliations have included: Nashville Business Journal Healthcare Newsmaker Award; Financial Executives Institute, member and former chapter president; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants, past chairman of various TSCPA committees and member of its ruling council; Association of University Technology Managers; Licensing Executives Society (USA and Canada); Tennessee Biotechnology Association; Advisor to the University of Kentucky Natural Product Alliance and past member of the Advisory Board of Highland Bridge Ventures I, LP, a seed stage fund of The Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation; and American Arbitration Association.