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Michael is currently VP, Product - Platform and Planner Solutions for Edelman Financial Engines, a financial technology company providing online investment guidance and automated asset management to 10M consumers. Prior to joining Financial Engines, Michael was Chief Technology Officer of 33Across responsible for the company's technology vision, strategy, development, and technical operations. Prior to joining 33Across, Michael was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Idealab where he worked on new ventures in mobile and e-commerce. Previously, Michael served as CTO of Snap Technologies, a Mayfield/Idealab backed contextual-advertising technology startup. From 1998 to 2004, he directed profitable technology investments for Vulcan Capital, owned by Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen. Michael was the co-creator of the search engine for Infoseek, one of the first portals on the web. He also co-founded two companies including EmailLabs which was acquired by Lyris. Michael's career encompasses product and development roles, beginning at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Michael graduated with honors from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science.

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