Areas of focus: Investment Management
Michael drives strategy for Sortis’ www.sortis.com investment divisions & management of investor relations for SORTS Funds. He sources compelling opportunities and directs potential moves through a unique lens formed by more than 35 years of technology, finance and real estate experience with over 190 transactions to his credit. His ability to identify, deconstruct and reconstruct situations into viable concerns has resulted in added value for innovative financial & business operational routines.
His career is marked by deep immersion in the technology industry with investment, M&A activity, capital markets deal structuring, which include cross-industry, multiple investment and ownership positions. He maintains strong working relationships with state & federal agencies keeping abreast of regulatory developments which enhances the position of the organization in changing environments.
He contributes acute insight, creativity and determination in steering a firm’s debt and equity placement with a keen vision and guides lean teams to successful execution. His entrepreneurial bent and broad expertise in technology, finance, real estate and government relations all combine to help create an organizational set of skills in the most complex and challenging environments.
He has worked at Sortis Holdings, Portland, OR headquarters for over 12 years, managing operations across the United States as the firm expands. He contributes to Sortis' deep experience and tireless work ethic, helping the firm close transactions that total over $10B and assisted with the restructuring and subsequent 2013 recapitalization of Oregon-based MBank, delivering a national turn-around success story at the height of the financial crisis. Sortis manages debt, opportunity zone, growth and rescue funds - secures financing, dispositions and manages asset portfolios.