Michael joined SignalFire in 2025 as Senior Legal Counsel, to help manage and scale the firm's legal affairs and operations, including structuring and negotiating deals, advising portfolio companies, and corporate governance and fund formation matters.
Prior to joining SignalFire, Michael served as the Associate General Counsel at Mill, where he helped bring the company’s food recycling device to market and grow both its direct-to-consumer and commercial businesses. Michael managed all things legal at Mill, including its financings, corporate governance, product counseling, employment matters, and commercial transactions.
Before Mill, Michael was a corporate associate at Cooley LLP in San Francisco, where he advised startups of all stages and their investors on private financings, corporate governance matters, and capital markets transactions.
Michael received his J.D. from Stanford Law School and his B.A. in English Literature from Macalester College. Michael was a kicker and cornerback for Macalester’s football team, and won the school’s first-ever hackathon.
Born and raised in Silicon Valley, Michael now lives in San Francisco with his fiancée. Outside work, Michael serves on the Future Leaders Advisory Circle for the Yosemite Conservancy, and can be found playing flag football, mountain biking, learning about innovative technologies, and befriending any dog that will give him the time of day.