Starting as an amateur scout and on-field coordinator at the Baseball Factory in an internship role, Mike got to see first hand the relationship between business and amateur sports. After an unsuccessful comeback into playing at a Penn State campus, Mike entered the coaching world at the ground level, assistant coaching a freshman team at his alma matter, Archbishop Carroll High School.

Mike found a work home for the next 5 years as he was the first full-time employee for then-startup Philadelphia Baseball Training. Working in all areas of the business, which included training, teams and eventually tournaments, Mike was at the front lines through the growth of the business which included hiring 4 new full time employees over 50 contracted employees and a 500% growth in total business. Alongside the business growth, Mike was also appointed the pitching coach at The Haverford School, where in his first year the Fords lowered their team ERA from 5.11 to 3.50 in his first season (‘19) then lowering it again to 3.21 in his 3rd season (‘21) and once more to 3.20 in his 4th season (‘22). In his time at Haverford he has overseen 12 pitchers commit to play baseball in college, including: East Carolina, Harvard, Pitt, Rider, Dickinson, Rhode Island, Army, Norwich, La Salle and Brandeis University.

In 2021 Mike co-founded the LENZ software, which was the first ever platform that allowed parents to rate their experience with their travel sports teams and events they played in. LENZ quickly caught onto local and regional markets, with over 4000 site users across multiple sports, leading to recognition as one of “Philadelphia’s top Innovators Under 25” by Philadelphia Business Journal.

Mike resides in Philadelphia, while still coaching pitchers both in school and privately.